Re: [SLUG] Hardware retailers supplying Linux preinatalled.

[Jeff Waugh <jdub@nospam.aphid.net>]

> > Why can't a distro do the same? When I bring a computer into my house, I
> > don't want it to give me infotising channels on my desktop. :)
> 
> I'm yet to see a distro which does that. Which one are you talking about?


Windows does it. I'm illustrating the fact that Windows/MS presumes to know
what I want, and comparing this to the android who actually asked what his
master wanted.

I think it would be an unfortunate thing to see a Linux distro presume to
know what I want, be I a guru, a newbie or a disinterested user.


> So yes, I generally avoid the M$ tax by building my own PC's. But not
> everyone is so lucky.


But that's not really my point.

You don't need to build a PC to not have an operating system installed on
your machine, or rather, you shouldn't.

My gripe is with the idea that *any* computer should come with an OS
preinstalled on the hard drive with the settings of the distributor as
defaults.

Start your computer for the first time, and it asks you what you'd like,
then does it. Newbies shouldn't have things going on behind their backs
without their knowledge, as much as gurus shouldn't.


- Jeff


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