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There’s this thing called uninstalling the factory OS and reinstalling with a clean image. If you go a step further you can even get rid of Windows altogether and install Linux.
How can you trust that there’s no rootkits being injected into your linux install?
How can you trust other laptop manufacturers aren’t doing the same if we’re going with unfounded assumptions?
Most Linux images offer checksums to verify integrity.