With desktop computers, it's not too hard to find one with FreeDos installed by default, or no OS. Linux usually works fine on these machines.
A few years ago I bought a Toshiba Satellite laptop with FreeDos installed by default, and it was cheap. No money to Microsoft, and Linux worked like a charm. But I don't know if Toshiba still sells these Windows-free models now. With Microsoft screwing things up with SecureBoot, I've wondered if a Mac might be less risky. I found a good thread about this on reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/2sm5yk/more_and_more_people_at_my_uni_are_running_linux/ Since the Mac doesn't have a ctrl key, the following was a particularly relevant post: > I've mapped the left Cmd key on my MacBook Pro to Ctrl like so: > xmodmap -e "remove mod4 = Super_L" xmodmap -e "add control = Super_L" > Put that in the startup script for your X session, and you should be fine! This little article also seems very relevant to this topic: http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/choose-best-laptop-linuxubuntu/ cheers, Robert
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