Hi, On 01/23/2011 01:36 AM, Pandian R wrote: > Its very rare these laptop companies comes without windows. It happens very > rarely. (i got vostro 1000 with freedos, I am searching for similar one. > Dell refuses to distribute it without OS, pointing out on OEM warranty blah > blah) >
It amazing the regularity with which this question keeps coming up on this list and despite the fact that there are already a number of laptops available that come with linux preinstalled, this myth that there isn't is perpetuated from people within this community. To the OP: Please search thru' the list archives. Both google and duckduckgo support limiting your search query to a URL, use the ILUGC archives URL to limit your search. I personally have bought a Dell vostro (don't remember the model number - bought it for a friend - I can ask him if required) with Ubuntu pre-installed a few months back in Pune ...and yes, it wasn't just a installation, it was Ubuntu as a OEM install, as in I got a DELL stamped Ubuntu DVD with the laptop. I refuse to believe that one cannot find a vendor that provides the same in Chennai. cheers, - steve -- random spiel: http://lonetwin.net/ what i'm stumbling into: http://lonetwin.stumbleupon.com/ _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
