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Windows 10 Countdown: Make the Switch to Linux for a Fresh Start (www.linuxinsider.com)
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[–] sxan@midwest.social 26 points 2 days ago (2 children)

There are. Several, in fact.

  • Framework will sell you a laptop with no OS, but each laptop is certified 100% compatible with Linux
  • For years, Dell has sold laptops with Linux pre-installed.
  • StarLabs sells desktops and a couple different types of laptops with Linux installed.
  • Lenovo (it may look like Windows only, but go into build one, and one of the OS choices is Ubuntu)
  • system76
  • HP Dev One (Hewlett-Packard)
  • Purism
  • and
  • more

Hell, you can buy a laptop with Linux pre-installed from Amazon!

That's mostly focusing on just laptops; there's a dozen other companies selling desktop and mini-PCs with Linux, and some hardware manufacturers (Raspberry, ODroid?) don't even have Windows as an option.

There is a wide variety of laptops, desktops, mini-PCs, and SBCs to buy with Linux pre-installed. I'm more surprised that there's someone who thinks there isn't, than by how many options there are.

[–] dajoho@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Just jumping in to say I would recommend trying something other than a StarLabs laptop. Not impressed with my Starbook MKV at all (good on paper, cheap quality in person and loses battery when the lid is shut), so I need to constantly charge it. My next one will probably be from purism.

[–] sxan@midwest.social 1 points 18 hours ago

Good, valuable input.

My next laptop will be a Framework; the self-repairability and upgradeability is intoxicating.