I think you're just better off buying any notebook that you like & just installing Linux on it. It's tough to find Linux preloaded on new notebooks in Singapore (apart from the eeePC, which has now moved to Windows).
As usual, do check the Hardware Compatibility Lists for the specific notebook that you are planning to purchase, against the Linux Distro of your choice. I installed Ubuntu on a Lenovo S10 and - 'I'm loving it'! Then just keep the Windows recovery DVD or create a restore DVD from the preinstalled Windows partition - just in case you decide to sell off the notebook in future - Windows might come in handy then. Hope that helps. Sent by my BlackBerry -----Original Message----- From: Ray Rashif <[email protected]> Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2010 01:53:48 To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Slugnet] buy laptop with linux pre-installed > -----Original Message----- > From: Sylvain Bougerel <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Sent: Thu, Apr 1, 2010 10:17 pm > Subject: Re: [Slugnet] buy laptop with linux pre-installed > > > The only 2 laptops I ever managed to get pre-installed with linux are the > EeePC. In SG, I never saw anything else sold with Linux. > You got to understand the distributors too... I mean the level of > penetration of Linux is so low in Singapore... Back when I was at NUS, even > in the school of computing, I don't remember having met a guy actually using > it. Sad. > Well that's not gonna help you... but I understand your frustration. > Cheers, Happy good friday. I've been travelling the entire last few months, and was surprised to see Linux having a really big footprint in the South Asian market. I saw a number of pamphlets with lines like: "Linux Ubuntu 8.10" And those were not ads for some local brand or patched-up systems, but rather that of Dell. I think vendors themselves actually advise distributors on this, because Linux would be most needed in developing countries where piracy is rampant. In a country like ours, where more people can and will buy original, it doesn't make sense to them to offer Linux as part of a product, since they don't know what Free Software means other than "free". -- GPG/PGP ID: B42DDCAD _______________________________________________ LUGS Mailing list - [email protected] List FAQ: http://wiki.lugs.org.sg/LugsMailingListFaq Info page: http://www.lugs.org.sg/mailman/listinfo/slugnet To unsubscribe send an empty email to: [email protected]
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