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Some countries have consumer protection laws that require that a factory-assembled computer must come with an OS. This whole FreeDOS thing feels like malicious
by grishka 4y ago
Some countries have consumer protection laws that require that a factory-assembled computer must come with an OS. This whole FreeDOS thing feels like malicious compliance to me just to have something so it doesn't boot into a BIOS error.
Though I've assumed that FreeDOS runs on bare metal. This whole Linux-with-a-VM feels strange, to say the least.
- emteycz 4y agoIt's not malicious compliance. It's for power-users who already own or don't want to own a copy of Windows. It's a good thing that we (where I live) fought hard for - fortunately here it wasn't about laws but only about available options, so lobbying the vendors and sellers was enough.
- solarkraft 4y agoBut they also offer Linux. In fact they already ship you Linux when you order the FreeDOS option. Why the extra effort?