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Shopping for a laptop as a Linux user:

Screenshot from the Simpsons where Otto is talking to Marge and Homer standing next to a window in their house with a caption “Oh wow, windows!.. I don’t think I can afford this place.”

  • @RookiA
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    1410 months ago

    Every laptop manufacturers sell linux laptops they just dont know it.

    Framework is a bit different, it has direct support for their hardware drivers on many linux distros and endorses linux to be installed on their laptops.

    • @[email protected]
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      1510 months ago

      OP doesn’t want to pay the extra $120 for an OS he’s never gonna use. Yes everyone sells a Linux laptop but there’s a few companies that won’t charge you for Windows on top of that.

      • @TimeNaanOP
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        1110 months ago

        Thank you, it seems the point of this meme is lost on some Lemmings :D

      • @fuckwit_mcbumcrumble
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        410 months ago

        Dell isn’t paying anywhere near $120 for windows. Only end users buying a one off license pay that much.

    • @[email protected]
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      910 months ago

      Right . . . but Dell ship select models with Ubuntu preinstalled, these certified devices come with their OEM package which has support for their drivers, etc. and obvs by selling them with Linux, they are endorsing it on their select models of laptops as well.

      • @RookiA
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        010 months ago

        Never knew that.

        • wrath_of_grunge
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          210 months ago

          They’ve been doing it for a very long time now. I’m currently using a 2015 model, Dell Tablet. It has Linux support. Cost me about $250 (with a copy of W10 Pro), a few years back. I also got it with the hard shell keyboard dock, effectively making it a net book.

          It’s been a great device, but probably isn’t what OP is looking for.

    • bitwolf
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      110 months ago

      As does Dell, HP and Lenovo.

      I can speak for Dells excellent Linux support with LVFS support and a responsive support structure.