Which laptops/manufacturers are available without Windows? I intend to
install Linux RH Fedora 5 and I do not wish to enrich Microsoft by
purchasing their OS.


Doc Custer
Retired Software Engineer and sometime Audiologist

Good question Doc. I tried Linux Certified and had real
bad experiences. I have not looked recently but you might
try Dell. Then there is always the Mac running BSD under
the GUI.
Paul Lamar

You're going to need to ask each mfr who has a laptop that you like.  I
would check with HP and IBM, each has made some kind of commitment to
Linux in the recent past.

I think you're going to have a problem finding one, though -- just about
all of them are shipped with the software bundle.  You may end up paying
more to get one WITHOUT it, because they will have to go through the
"custom order shop" instead of the "one size fits all" mass-market shop.

Remember that until you open the software bundle you are NOT bound by
the license.  Maybe you can sell the whole bundle to some
u/n/s/u/s/p/e/c/t/i/n/g v/i/c/t/i/m person who prefers to stay in the
1900s . . ?

I would also point out, apropros of absolutely nothing, that if you glue
the distributed CDs/DVDs together, they fit a clay-pigeon flanger . .
.and it's beautiful to see them shatter against a clear blue sky . . .

Keith


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