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Shopping for a laptop as a Linux user:

Screenshot from the Simpsons where Otto is talking to Marge and Homer standing next to a window in their house with a caption “Oh wow, windows!.. I don’t think I can afford this place.”

  • FoxBJKEnglish
    12·
    9 months ago

    Dell sells Linux laptops too don’t they?

    • Rooki@lemmy.world
      173·
      9 months ago

      Every laptop manufacturers sell linux laptops they just dont know it.

      Framework is a bit different, it has direct support for their hardware drivers on many linux distros and endorses linux to be installed on their laptops.

      • FoxBJKEnglish
        161·
        9 months ago

        OP doesn’t want to pay the extra $120 for an OS he’s never gonna use. Yes everyone sells a Linux laptop but there’s a few companies that won’t charge you for Windows on top of that.

      • Deceptichum@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        9·
        9 months ago

        Right . . . but Dell ship select models with Ubuntu preinstalled, these certified devices come with their OEM package which has support for their drivers, etc. and obvs by selling them with Linux, they are endorsing it on their select models of laptops as well.

          • wrath_of_grunge@kbin.social
            31·
            9 months ago

            They’ve been doing it for a very long time now. I’m currently using a 2015 model, Dell Tablet. It has Linux support. Cost me about $250 (with a copy of W10 Pro), a few years back. I also got it with the hard shell keyboard dock, effectively making it a net book.

            It’s been a great device, but probably isn’t what OP is looking for.

      • bitwolf@lemmy.one
        1·
        9 months ago

        As does Dell, HP and Lenovo.

        I can speak for Dells excellent Linux support with LVFS support and a responsive support structure.

    • TimeNaan@lemmy.worldOP
      62·
      9 months ago

      Yes, but all the budget laptops from them I can find don’t have that option. Only a few select higher-end gaming models come with Linux.