> I don't understand why they didn't just focus on the hardware, make it very hackable for the community to develop the GNOME (or any other) OS for it. Probabl

> I don't understand why they didn't just focus on the hardware, make it very hackable for the community to develop the GNOME (or any other) OS for it. Probably because the "do everything yourself hackerz" are not the only target audience.. This company has a history of selling quality laptops with their PureOS distro on it, while also supporting the ability to put on other distros for those that want to.