I have found Lenovo IdeaPad series to be highly compatible with Linux and many of them come without a bundled OS. I guess you should check them out. On 18-Jun-2015 11:33 am, "Gaurav Pant" <gaurav...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, > > On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 10:46 AM, Pravin Dhayfule <pra...@dhayfule.com> > wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Gone are those days when we could get Laptops free from pre-installed OS. >> These days none of the new laptops in India are available with/without OS. >> All offer Windows 8.x as mandatory OS. I do not want to take the pain of >> first spending for an unnecessary OS and then reformat and install Ubuntu >> on it. Secondly the problem with Secure Boot scares me. Finally even after >> passing through these torments what if the hardware does not have Linux >> support. >> >> I plan to buy a new Laptop, but do not want to go through these pains. I >> just need to know if there is any dealer in Pune (or online) who can help >> me out in buying an OS Free laptop that has support for Linux Distros may >> be Debian based. >> >> There are lots of laptops available online which come with either free > dos or linux. I had taken a asus X200L everything works fine except that > the wifi card (Ralink) does not have any driver for Linux -- the only > available are for ubuntu-linux and that too a very old version. > > > >> Regards >> ________________________________________________________________________ >> *Pravin Balaji Dhayfule* >> >> >> >> *Free & Open Source Software oriented IT Solutions ConsultantAuthor: >> Planet Soulance - The Civilisation of Souls >> <http://www.planetsoulance.com>Personal Blog: http://www.dhayfule.com >> <http://www.dhayfule.com> Services Website: http://www.cybrent.biz >> <http://www.cybrent.biz>**Contact Number: +91 9867647412* >> >> _______________________________________________ >> plug-mail mailing list >> plug-mail@plug.org.in >> http://list.plug.org.in/listinfo/plug-mail >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > plug-mail mailing list > plug-mail@plug.org.in > http://list.plug.org.in/listinfo/plug-mail > >
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