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minus-squarezarathustradlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·18 hours agoWhy don’t they just install Mint, Zorin, or even xUbuntu (XFCE versions of each)… That’s 3 examples with actual support and a user base >3 edgelord cat bois.
minus-squaremorto@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·33 minutes agoI ask myself the same question. I have no idea. Mine is from vaio and came with some sort of modded debian that looked like a stripped down win xp with custom repos that didn’t even load properly.
minus-squareRogueBanana@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down5·9 hours agoMost distro maintainers would expect something for commercial licences. Can’t have them take all your hard earned money! Max I can do is 0$.
minus-squareTaldanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoNo they wouldn’t. Where did you even get that idea from?
minus-squareAxolotl@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 hours agoAll the distroes are under GPL, so there is no need
minus-squareVAKlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 hours agoThey’re usually gpl licensed. You can do whatever you want with it (including selling it for a bazillion monies) as long as you give the code too.
Why don’t they just install Mint, Zorin, or even xUbuntu (XFCE versions of each)…
That’s 3 examples with actual support and a user base >3 edgelord cat bois.
I ask myself the same question. I have no idea. Mine is from vaio and came with some sort of modded debian that looked like a stripped down win xp with custom repos that didn’t even load properly.
Most distro maintainers would expect something for commercial licences. Can’t have them take all your hard earned money! Max I can do is 0$.
No they wouldn’t. Where did you even get that idea from?
All the distroes are under GPL, so there is no need
They’re usually gpl licensed. You can do whatever you want with it (including selling it for a bazillion monies) as long as you give the code too.