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Pre-installed systems

Posted Oct 4, 2005 23:55 UTC (Tue) by corbet (editor, #1)
In reply to: DELL NEWS: New Open-Source Ready Consumer Desktop by segphault
Parent article: DELL NEWS: New Open-Source Ready Consumer Desktop

Over the last twelve years I've bought several pre-installed Linux systems, and probably redid every one of them. Getting a system with Linux on it has its value: it's an existence proof that Linux will, in fact, work on that system. That proof, along with a copy of the shipped /etc directory, can greatly increase one's confidence in getting the system running as one wants.


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