Should Motherboard makers bundle Linux CD with every shipment?

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Should Motherboard makers bundle Linux CD with every shipment?

They can use a DVD with DSL, Puppy Linux, System Rescue CD,
GParted, Ubuntu and a few other distros that boot and run from LiveCD.
The bigger distros should have bare minimum such as Open Office,
Games like Torcs, Nexuiz etc, education stuff like xmaxima, Rasmol,
CAD like QCad, K-3D, Gimp for photos, Seamonkey to create
and maintain websites, GAMBAS2 and gcc for writing software,
and K3b for burning CDs.

Its all free and downloadable any way.
http://www.livecdlist.com
http://www.distrowatch.com

At a cost of 10p, it not only boosts system builders to diagnose PCs
but also helps all the punters avoid installing boot leg copies
of proprietory software and reduce piracy.

May be the small companies and system builders should bundle the 
CD themselves. It costs 10p or thereabouts, but bound to generate
a lot of interest - especially helping students for example
choose one motherboard over another, and from one vendor from
another for the freebees that are enclosed.

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