On Sat, Jun 27, 2015 at 5:17 AM, Pravin Dhayfule <pra...@dhayfule.com> wrote: > Hi Folks, > > Thanks for your advices and guidance. > > I surely think that just like Microsoft and Google, Commercial Linux Vendors > such as RedHat or Canonical should boost the Linux Laptops in market. I am
They need to answer to their share holders. Laptop with pre-installed Linux is very small market segment (my guess). > aware that Dell has a programme for it in tie up with Canonical to supply > Pre-Installed Linux PCs and Laptops, but those are found on their non-Indian > sales portals. This has been kind of ON/OFF offering (personal observation). >Mostly all Hardware Vendors have a tagline that they > Recommend Windows 8. For this tag line they get money from MS as marketing co-lateral + the OEM ends up providing the drivers for their specific hardware. The Linux companies you list above perhaps do not have the kind of marketing budget as MS. Bottom line - pick a laptop that meets your need and install your favorite Linux distro on it regardless of whether it comes with FreeDOS, Linpus or Windows. -- Arun Khan _______________________________________________ plug-mail mailing list plug-mail@plug.org.in http://list.plug.org.in/listinfo/plug-mail
