Re: GNU hardware :) [Re: [linux-users] Non-Windows PCs]

[Roy Schestowitz <r@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

___/ On Sun 03 Dec 2006 14:13:41 GMT, [ Richard Smedley ] wrote : \___

> On Sunday 03 December 2006 11:35, David Sumbler wrote:
> > Does anyone know of a source of PCs, and, especially, laptops, which
> > come either with no OS installed, or with Linux (preferably Ubuntu)
> > already installed?
>
> Okay, some detail this time ;-)
>
> On the workstation side there's DNUK of course.
>
> In Stockport there's uklinux.net with workstations, including
> low power-consumption boxes.
>
> Then down the M6 there's linuxemporium.co.uk, who carry most of the
> ThinkPad range :)
>
> Then there's Matthew in Tamworth:
> http://openforeveryone.co.uk/
> They also supply thin-client solutions.
>
> HP do plenty of Workstations and servers with GNU/Linux (usually
> Red Hat) pre-installed, but the only laptop option has FreeDOS on it!
>
> Several of the smaller  box-shifters who advertise in e.g. MicroMart
> will supply a box with no OS. MD, opposite the hospital, has already
> been mentioned. Also take a tour around Bowlers next Saturday :-)
>
> Lastly, if it's for a VCO, we'll be giving hardware away with support

Hi,

I got mine off eSys last year (they have several UK distributers).  
However, have a look at the famous list that Lxer and cyber_rigger  
have been accumulating for the past few months (listed as forum thread  
or as a database).

http://lxer.com/module/db/index.php?dbn=14

Best wishes,

Roy

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