[Leaplist] Laptops for Sale Without an OS

[Jimmy]

I checked into System76.  The idea of purchasing a laptop built on Open  
hardware for Linux seems to hard to put off.  I rather enjoy using Ubuntu  
and am really happy to see that System76 is making great strides at  
getting it (or Linux in general) to work properly on a laptop.

I'm so close to ordering but my dilemma is whether to purchase a laptop  
 from them with or without Ubuntu installed and still be able to reinstall  
Ubuntu of my own and make the hardware work properly.  I am assuming that  
it would work becasue System76 got it to work with Ubuntu.  Also, I do not  
want automated features for Ubuntu or the kernel.

I guess that I wouldn't mind a fully fuctional laptop especially with  
Ubutnu loaded on it but I guess I'm just being "free" to think about it  
all.


On Sat, 10 Mar 2007 10:03:44 -0500, Mark W. Alexander  
<slash at dotnetslash.net> wrote:

> On Sun, Mar 04, 2007 at 10:28:23AM -0500, jimmy wrote:
>> Hello All,
>>
>> I just had to put my primary laptop, an IBM T30, to sleep.  It was  
>> because
>> of a bad CPU I'm guessing.  I've tried everything that I can think of.
>> I'm currently running on an even older laptop with a PIII and 128MB RAM,
>> and even though Xubuntu runs well on it I'm going to pull my hair out if
>> it drags on any longer!
>>
>> Anyway, I'm looking to purchase a newer laptop without an OS and I'm not
>> too sure where to look.  Just to see, although I think I did more for a
>> laugh, I asked a the salespeople at Best Buy, CompUSA and another if  
>> they
>> would sell a laptop without an OS.  They asked me "what would I install
>> then".  Ok, so I did it for a laugh! Isn't it funny though that the  
>> people
>> that sell technology just don't know that there is an alternative.   
>> Maybe
>> this whole thing is old news.
>>
>> Anybody know where I can start? I really do enjoy using an IBM but am  
>> open
>> to another brand.  I don't want to break the bank either.  I just need a
>> newer and faster running laptop.
>
> Maybe too late but assuming you want OS-less so you can install Linux  
> we've
> started getting all our SA laptops from System76
> (http://system76.com). They come pre-installed with Ubuntu. Even though  
> our
> servers are all CentOS, it's nice to not spend SA time futzing with  
> getting
> Linux on their laptop. The hardware all works, and they add a click-able
> "System76 Driver Installer" right on the menu if you decide to upgrade  
> your
> kernel.
>
> mwa



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