Jon S Berndt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Dell doesn't seem to market machines with Linux installed anymore, do > they? > > Can anyone point me to a major manufacturer that does? >
Compaq has been doing it the longest. We've been using their stuff since they bought DEC a few years ago (DEC was the only 24/7 hardware support in this part of Maine). And of course it is really all HP now :-) The compaq desktops are what HP calls "business desktops". Those are the ones you can order with Mandrake. They still sell the "consumer" HP Pavilions and Compaq Presarios, but you probably wouldn't want one of those even if they did come with linux. I think in general their prices are a little higher than Dell...but the quality is very good. And the service people don't give you that glazed eyed deer in the headlights look when you tell them the machine is running linux. There is also a company called Indigo Computer and of course walmart.com and one other company that I can't remember the name of (maybe in Canada?). I don't have any experience with those, but from what I understand you want to avoid Lindows, unless you like paying a lot of money for free software. Some, but not all, of Walmart's stuff comes with Lindows. Dell has a long history of supporting and dropping different operating systems, but I would say it is very likely that HP will give you support until you're ready to donate the PC to the local homeless shelter. Best, Jim _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
