[ale] Microcenter sells a PC loaded with Linux! of 20)

Tue May 21 17:14:27 EDT 2013

Reportedly, Linus himself is a big fan of the high-end Chromebook with Linux loaded, and has been working on getting the necessary patches into the kernel. 
http://www.zdnet.com/chromebooks-biggest-fan-linus-torvalds-7000012842/ 

When we last bought desktops a few years ago, we were looking for some similar Linux and Windows mid-level configurations. We've bought Dell for a while, and we also shop locally at Gim Computers. Dell does offer Ubuntu and no OS, but they seemed to charge just as much or more than for the same thing with base Windows. Gim, as a small reseller, just charges for Windows as a line item--the rest of the box is the same price whether you buy a MS license or not. We ended up buying the Linux box from Gim and the Windows from Dell. We got double the memory and were able to go with somewhat higher components on the Gim box for the same money, but a near identical box would have been more expensive from them if we also had to buy the Win license (we didn't want home edition for Windows). I wouldn't be surprised if MS and Dell didn't work out some deal to get lower license fees in exchange for Dell not making it cheaper to go Linux. They would claim it's just to reduce piracy, I'm sure. 

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From: "Boris Borisov" <bugyatl at gmail.com> 
To: "Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts" <ale at ale.org> 
Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2013 10:48:29 AM 
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I looked at the Samsung Chrome book the other day in BestBuy. Looks good and feels good. Still Linux even customized! 

On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 1:28 PM, Beddingfield, Allen < allen at ua.edu > wrote: 

Dell has been offering their OptiPlex workstations with Ubuntu for a while, now. 
Too bad that is the only option. The good thing is that it means they have hardware tested/capable of running on Linux with a minimal amount of tinkering. 
Allen B. 

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Probably. OTOH, I thought seeing Fry's Electronics online ads on some Android notebooks. 

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On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 12:28 AM, Jay Lozier - jslozier at gmail.com <mailto: jslozier at gmail.com > <gmane.mazilo.b9f364a3c8.jslozier# gmail.com at ob.0sg.net <mailto: gmane.mazilo.b9f364a3c8.jslozier # gmail.com at ob.0sg.net >> wrote: 
Does this mean M$ is slowly sinking. I here more companies are selling a Linux box or two (usually Ubuntu) as if they are beginning to hedge their bets on Windows. 

On Sun, 19 May 2013 23:46:12 -0400, Jim Kinney < jim.kinney at gmail.com <mailto: jim.kinney at gmail.com >> wrote: 

http://microcenter.com/product/410171/N106_Desktop_Computer 

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