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I wouldn't want linux be preinstalled for me. Please give me the blank drive. Between the security, partitioning, distro preference it's quite the non-starter.
by amstan 4y ago
I wouldn't want linux be preinstalled for me. Please give me the blank drive. Between the security, partitioning, distro preference it's quite the non-starter.
By only using lists like these you're discounting quite a lot of linux friendly devices. Framework laptops are a big example.
- m463 4y agoCome on, pre-installed is a market. I know a lot of people that won't delve into a ubuntu install, but use it day-to-day with no problem. That said, this list could describe the differences between all of them. For instance, the purism laptop has a barrel jack power adapter, standard screws, memory and drives. All their components have been chosen to use drivers that are entirely free software. And lenovo - now I wouldn't know what is on that machine - their windows laptops had bios-resident spyware and their own bloatware, so pre-installed for them is a negative. I believe framework is fairly decent, but I'm uncertain if their hardware requires non-free drivers or hardware blobs.
- grapesurgeon 4y ago[dead]
- politelemon 4y agoI don't think so. It's definitely a starter for many people, to have the convenience of 'a Linux' which has been optimised and tested for the hardware it's being shipped on. An advanced user can choose to wipe it and apply their own. It's functionality no different from a blank drive. That said, it's possible from some places to buy laptops without OS.
- mariusor 4y agoThe advantage of "preinstalled" is that as a buyer, you know that all hardware works with linux out of the box. Nobody will stop you from reinstalling afterwards. "I wouldn't want it preinstalled" is a very niche complaint.