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But customers can also order this laptop with Ubuntu preinstalled. Why offer both Ubuntu and FreeDOS, especially if the latter is just running inside of a Linux
by Wowfunhappy 4y ago
But customers can also order this laptop with Ubuntu preinstalled. Why offer both Ubuntu and FreeDOS, especially if the latter is just running inside of a Linux VM anyway?
- aidenn0 4y agoWhen I last ordered from HP, many laptops did not have Linux as an option (mine did not, so I bought the FreeDOS version)
- Wowfunhappy 4y agoWell that's also weird! Why are both options available on some computers, while others only have FreeDOS, even when they can't actually run FreeDOS.
- bryanlarsen 4y agoMy guess is that those computers are missing Linux drivers for modern devices like a camera or fingerprint scanner or something. Those wouldn't be expected to be supported in FreeDOS, but would be in Linux.
- aidenn0 4y agoIt ran FreeDOS just fine (and indeed runs Linux just fine for me), presumably they didn't want to QA that model with Linux.