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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.”

    • Rooki@lemmy.world
      163·
      9 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.

      • FoxBJK@midwest.socialEnglish
        151·
        9 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.

      • bitwolf@lemmy.one
        1·
        9 months ago

        As does Dell, HP and Lenovo.

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

    • TimeNaan@lemmy.worldOP
      62·
      9 months ago

      Yes, but all the budget laptops from them I can find don’t have that option. Only a few select higher-end gaming models come with Linux.