You don't really need vendors for desktop Linux, just pick the best hardware you can find that's either on your distro's HCL [1], or uses standard components (I

You don't really need vendors for desktop Linux, just pick the best hardware you can find that's either on your distro's HCL [1], or uses standard components (Intel/AMD cpu, Intel/AMD/Nvidia graphics, Intel wireless networking chips, etc.). There are good companies out there like XoticPC.com that sell such hardware with or without Windows or other OS, and still provide a warranty and really good support no matter what OS you put on it. Ubuntu and probably most other major Linux distro's work essentially as well Windows if you stick to mainstream hardware (with a few exceptions like multi-monitor support and Nvidia Optimus). [1]: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupport https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupport