Re: [SLUG] Hardware retailers supplying Linux preinatalled.

[Dean Hamstead <zort@nospam.penrithcity.nsw.gov.au>]

If your looking for small dealers
nepean micro (www.nmc.com.au) will likely pre install it for you.
A good linux guru friend of mine works there, and he would likely do it.
Although i doubt it would be beyond a basic install ( i doubt hed setup
an invisible proxy or something, but sound and X maybe)

Does every pc still have to have windows with it?
I always buy mine in pieces...

Dean

Jeff Waugh wrote:
> 
> Tony Cook wrote:
> > Does anyone know of PC retailers in the Sydney area who are supplying PCs
> > with Linux preinstalled?
> 
> Why do we want Linux preinstalled again? That's right... Newbies.
> 
> I don't really see preinstallation as a necessity for user-friendly computer
> purchases... Think about it this way:
> 
> IBM sell their Aptiva boxes, both business and home versions, with a startup
> installation system. It asks a few questions, and (as one would expect)
> reboots. Compaq used to do the same thing (no idea these days).
> 
> The way most distro CD's work these days, wouldn't that be a better
> solution? Throw in your CD, start the machine, get a few questions
> regarding your setup (probably targeted towards an initial installation),
> and there you are. Your *own* Linux, not someone's idea of what you'd like.
> 
> It could be as simple as asking which desktop environment you were after.
> Once that's chosen, no debs, no rpms, just "What sort of stuff do you like
> to do with your computer?" Tasks. My computer does tasks, not applications.
> :P
> 
> The detail comes *post* installation. There's only one company I know who've
> made the art of copying files to a hard drive such a complete shermozzle
> (apologies to Simon).
> 
> >From what Anand tells me, Debconf may just be this `holy grail' of simple
> Q&A configuration. Given that Debian already has brilliant `ask and thou
> shalt receive' application installation, I can see this being very cool.
> 
> $0.02 I guess...
> 
> - Jeff
> 
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