Acer likes Linux for laptops (c|net)

At least I wouldn't trust some foobar HW manufacturer to excel in security  
(or packaging quality needed for dist-upgrades or...) more than a Linux 
vendor which has  done that successfully already for several years.  The 
manufacturer could then also market their product with something 
like "security updates provided by well-known <name>^{tm} Linux 
distribution".