[MetalheadGautham]

^^customising linux to suit a dell laptop won't take more than 2 weeks for even an ordinary guy like me. Spending a little time to make the OS look good is not a bad marketing stratagy. Look at Apple. Mac is just FreeBSD customised(and spoilt)

And youdo have a point in saying that the perpose of linux itself is about learning stuff, and doing things yourself, and showing off your personality in your OS. but as far as marketing is concerned, there is nothing wrong in prebundling eyecandy. afterall, dell has released a video, "Why Linux" in which they show off Compiz Fusion as a marketing stratagy.