Re: New laptop with Linux preinstalled
Dell maybe still does this. They used to a while ago.On Fri, 9 Dec 2011,
doug wrote:
> On 12/09/2011 04:29 PM, Richard Owlett wrote:
> > I'm looking for a laptop with Linux preinstalled by vendor. I'm aware of
> > System76 who ships with Ubuntu. Is there anyone else? I would like to do
> > some comparison shopping.
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> >
> >
> I think I've heard that Asus will ship with Linux, and perhaps also eMachines,
> altho from what I read,
> eMachines does not have a good record. All vendors I've read about ship with
> Ubuntu, so if you don't
> want that, you'll have to install something else yourself, and/or set up a
> dual boot with 2 Linux distros.
> That works fine--I have 3 distros plus XP on this Dell laptop. From any of the
> Linuxes, you can access
> the files the others and XP. Unfortunately, I can't access the Linux files
> from XP. If I had set up
> the Linuxes on exp2 or exp3 I think I could have found a program that lets XP
> communicate with
> them, but I didn't.
>
> Hint: if you run more than one Linux distro, within each Documents directory,
> put a filename
> that says pclos, or ubuntu, or whatever, so when you select a partition, you
> can figure out what
> system you're accessing. Otherwise it gets confusing! There might be an
> easier way, but I don't know it.
>
> --doug
>
>
>
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