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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.”

  • AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world
    82·
    9 months ago

    I build computers and sell them, and will put whatever OS you want on them, except Windows. If you want windows, I take $150 off the price of the tower.

    • Rikj000@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      15·
      9 months ago

      I’m a developer, modder and privacy advocate, I know how to put a custom OS on my hardware, but I’m a minority.

      However the average joe does not,
      and they, the majority,
      are forced into using spyware.

      Often without them even knowing so,
      which is a true issue

      • AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world
        1·
        9 months ago

        I don’t have to install anything, and you’re getting a machine with a BIOS, but no OS. I tell my customers up front that I’m not going to put Windows on, though I am looking into the legality of possibly offering Tiny10, but that looks questionable.

        I’m not going to charge for work I didn’t do.