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Both of them can boot from removable media (USB, CD, floppies)... You could just boot forever from a USB, using the same USB as temporary storage until the day

by jordigh 11y ago

Both of them can boot from removable media (USB, CD, floppies)... You could just boot forever from a USB, using the same USB as temporary storage until the day when you're ready to partition your drive and install the free OS to your hard drive.

gargarplex 11y ago
That's a good idea. Unfortunately the Ubuntu USB "livecd" gives me a bizarre error code in reference to keyword firmware. I would actually buy a new linux laptop if I knew where to get one.
- amk_ 11y ago
  System76[1] laptops come with Ubuntu out of the box. Historically Thinkpads have had pretty good hardware support, too. [1]: https://system76.com/ https://system76.com/