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tagginannie
February 6th, 2007, 03:07 PM
There are not that many but I found System76 (http://system76.com/index.php) in Denver, Colorado and all of their
computers run on Ubuntu only.


Suzy:KS

Niko38752
February 6th, 2007, 03:13 PM
Whoa! I might consider buying from there but I live on the wrong continent. :(

Sunnz
February 6th, 2007, 06:25 PM
IBM (http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/aix/) and Dell (http://www.dell.com/content/topics/global.aspx/alliances/en/linux?c=us&cs=555&l=en&s=biz)!!! Surprise?!

frrobert
February 6th, 2007, 06:44 PM
I found another one

http://shafetech.com/store/

~LoKe
February 6th, 2007, 06:46 PM
Don't buy from System76 if you like having money.

keithweddell
February 6th, 2007, 07:01 PM
In UK: www.efficientpc.co.uk looks interesting.

Keith

FuturePilot
February 6th, 2007, 07:07 PM
IBM (http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/aix/) and Dell (http://www.dell.com/content/topics/global.aspx/alliances/en/linux?c=us&cs=555&l=en&s=biz)!!! Surprise?!
Whoa!:shock:

getaboat
February 6th, 2007, 10:22 PM
In UK: www.efficientpc.co.uk looks interesting.

Keith

not cheap.

Sunnz
February 7th, 2007, 05:14 AM
Slightly off-topic, but I found this company to be quite useful:

Minitar.com

They pretty much officially supports Linux for their WiFi card and has a whole forum for it. They also has persuaded Ralink to release not only a driver for the WiFi card, but under GPL. Should look at those guys first next time you want to get a WiFi router/card.

adamklempner
February 7th, 2007, 08:22 AM
Linspire has a pretty good locater for companies that sell Linspire stuff. Some of these companies also sell other distro's too:

http://www.linspire.com/featured_partner/featured_partner.php?

If you happen to be interested in Linspire computers (probably not, but bear with me) you might be surprised to know that you can pick them up at big stores like:

Sears (http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr/search.do?BV_UseBVCookie=Yes&keyword=linspire&vertical=ELEC)
Walmart (http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=3762913)
TigerDirect (http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-Details.asp?EdpNo=1511696&sku=N52-3038)

Also, http://www.koobox.com/ makes some cute systems.

While Linspire may not be the best Linux distro for everyone, they have made some pretty good progress in getting Linux based computers on the shelves of some of the larger retail outlets. Hopefully this at least helps pave the way for other Linux distro's to get on the market.

A year ago or so I played with some Linspire PC's on display in MicroCenter in Boston. I think they were made by Systemax, were very cheap, and worked reasonably well. The salesman there new next to nothing about Linux other than you don't get viruses and you can't run windows programs. I played it dumb just to hear what he had to say, and it wasn't much... lol.

kevinlyfellow
February 7th, 2007, 09:05 AM
Don't buy from System76 if you like having money.

I definitely think this is a case of getting what you pay for. I bought one and it runs like a dream, all the hardware is supported, great customer support, and a standard 1 year warrenty. No spam, no unwanted software, no mail-in rebates that get 'lost' in the mail. I think if we compare equal quality machines and support, system76 is a good deal. Besides, compare it to the Lenovo that comes with linux or emperor linux and you will see how much more reasonable system76 is.

BTW, System76 has a forum here under the third party section. If you do want to know something, just ask and someone from the company will answer (usually carl).

http://www.ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=158

igknighted
February 7th, 2007, 09:33 AM
If you want to buy a computer, no hassle, and have an up and running Linux system then System76 is a great buy. However, if you are concerned about the price your best bet is to do some research and build your own system, then do the install yourself. The price can't be beat, and (at least this is the way I am) you have a good time and start to really understand the inside of your computer. And it's way easier than you would think, just get a good book or directions from a reliable website.

Sunnz
February 7th, 2007, 10:57 AM
If you want to buy a computer, no hassle, and have an up and running Linux system then System76 is a great buy. However, if you are concerned about the price your best bet is to do some research and build your own system, then do the install yourself. The price can't be beat, and (at least this is the way I am) you have a good time and start to really understand the inside of your computer. And it's way easier than you would think, just get a good book or directions from a reliable website.
But how would one go build a laptop/tablet?

dalejefferson
April 5th, 2007, 06:24 PM
not cheap.

You have to pay for quality. 8)

igknighted
April 6th, 2007, 12:38 AM
You have to pay for quality. 8)

M$'s company slogan?

Compucore
April 6th, 2007, 01:38 AM
I think that is theonly place that sells them with linux only. I have not seen that many unles you go therough really specialized dealers for unix type of servers are better off than the windows variety.

Compucore

x1a4
April 6th, 2007, 01:44 AM
In the States: Sub300.com (http://sub300.com/) (sub 300 as in less than $300) and Canada: Sub500.com (http://sub500.com/). Good quality hardware without having to spend an arm and a leg. The only beef I have with them is that they pre-install Linspire, though if you ask them, they will install any other Linux distro you want (or none at all).

aysiu
April 6th, 2007, 01:52 AM
Somebody already compiled a list of companies selling preinstalled Linux or no OS (http://lxer.com/module/forums/t/23168/).

macogw
April 6th, 2007, 03:01 AM
Don't buy from System76 if you like having money.

They're mid-range kind of prices. I mean, they cost slightly more than a Dell, but well, Dells have crappy hardware and bad tech support. Check out their support part of the forums. They don't do the "is it plugged in?" thing and ignore advanced information because they have to read a script in order first.

I did a price comparison:
http://ubuntulinuxtipstricks.blogspot.com/2007/03/system76-v-dell.html

The computer store / repair shop where I work only sells used and custom-built computers, but we support Linux on them. Didn't used to, but after I started working there the other tech went "you use Linux fulltime? man, I should get back into Linux..." and put Fedora on his desktop and Ubuntu on his server cuz he was getting out of practice on bash :p