[Tuxaloosa] Linux laptop - sold without Windows?

[Cameron Purvis]

That looks really promising... hrm...

On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 2:32 PM, Erik Hanson <leprkhn at gmail.com> wrote:

> System76?
> On Sep 30, 2011 3:26 PM, "Cameron Purvis" <cameron.purvis at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > I've been asked about buying a laptop with Linux - specifically, buying a
> > laptop with *no* Windows attached. The easiest thing in my book is pick
> the
> > one that 'feels' the best, make sure it's compatible, and run with it,
> but I
> > think that part of the point in this purchase is for him to not give MS
> any
> > money.
> >
> > Dell appears to have one single Vostro 13.3" n-Series (ubuntu
> pre-installed,
> > I think). Dell's kind of a known quantity for better or worse. Does
> anyone
> > have any recommendation for a pre-installed Linux laptop?
> >
> > It's tempting to tell him to just order a ThinkPad and have it delivered
> to
> > me to set up, then scrape the Windows stickers off and preinstall
> whatever
> > distro he wants. I'm not sure how much of the point, as I said, is just
> > avoiding MS completely.
>
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