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They aren’t US based right? Does that mean tariffs for US shipping? Are these a good pick for a non-programmer who is interested in Linux but intimidated by it

They aren’t US based right? Does that mean tariffs for US shipping? Are these a good pick for a non-programmer who is interested in Linux but intimidated by it?

jxcole 6mo ago
Have you tried it out? https://askubuntu.com/questions/629632/can-you-boot-ubuntu-straight-from-a-usb-without-installation https://askubuntu.com/questions/629632/can-you-boot-ubuntu-s...
- SilverElfin 6mo ago
  A long time ago. But I ran into all sorts of issues. It was a struggle getting things like Bluetooth or WiFi working. And I just couldn’t get myself to feeling like I could ‘trust it’. Like that I wouldn’t break it and somehow lose all my data in th process.
  - fragmede 6mo ago
    That's a reasonable fear! But the solution to that is to set up backups, no matter what the operating system you're on.
- SilentM68 6mo ago
  You can also use Ventoy to boot the ISOs which is somewhat easier in my view.
d3Xt3r 6mo ago
Check out System76 and Framework, they're based in the US and ship Linux machines.
ufmace 6mo ago
Looks like they're UK based. I don't know, but apparently tariffs etc are factored into the shipping fees shown on their site. If you're not sure if you want to go Linux yet, it's probably best to try a live USB stick of a few distros on your existing hardware. Get a feel for what the interface is like, how things work, how it works on your hardware, etc, without actually changing anything. Seems like a better bet to me than buying all-new hardware.
kombine 6mo ago
As the other commenter said, evaluate a live usb with any distribution with KDE Plasma Desktop, for example Fedora, OpenSUSE Tumbleweed, or Endeavour OS (Arch Linux based). You can also try something like Fedora Kinoite or Bazzite, so called immutable distributions which make it really easy to use for non-technical people.
mixmastamyk 6mo ago
Additional tarrifs were mostly struck down by the courts, a few months ago.

They aren’t US based right? Does that mean tariffs for US shipping? Are these a good pick for a non-programmer who is interested in Linux but intimidated by it?

jxcole 6mo ago

Have you tried it out? https://askubuntu.com/questions/629632/can-you-boot-ubuntu-straight-from-a-usb-without-installation https://askubuntu.com/questions/629632/can-you-boot-ubuntu-s...

SilverElfin 6mo ago
A long time ago. But I ran into all sorts of issues. It was a struggle getting things like Bluetooth or WiFi working. And I just couldn’t get myself to feeling like I could ‘trust it’. Like that I wouldn’t break it and somehow lose all my data in th process.
- fragmede 6mo ago
  That's a reasonable fear! But the solution to that is to set up backups, no matter what the operating system you're on.
SilentM68 6mo ago
You can also use Ventoy to boot the ISOs which is somewhat easier in my view.

d3Xt3r 6mo ago

Check out System76 and Framework, they're based in the US and ship Linux machines.

ufmace 6mo ago

Looks like they're UK based. I don't know, but apparently tariffs etc are factored into the shipping fees shown on their site. If you're not sure if you want to go Linux yet, it's probably best to try a live USB stick of a few distros on your existing hardware. Get a feel for what the interface is like, how things work, how it works on your hardware, etc, without actually changing anything. Seems like a better bet to me than buying all-new hardware.

kombine 6mo ago

As the other commenter said, evaluate a live usb with any distribution with KDE Plasma Desktop, for example Fedora, OpenSUSE Tumbleweed, or Endeavour OS (Arch Linux based). You can also try something like Fedora Kinoite or Bazzite, so called immutable distributions which make it really easy to use for non-technical people.

mixmastamyk 6mo ago

Additional tarrifs were mostly struck down by the courts, a few months ago.