<div dir="ltr"><div>Personally, I like <a href="https://www.system76.com/">https://www.system76.com/</a> . They really do seem to make sure everything is Linux ready even if you want to replace the Ubuntu they install with some other Linux.<br>
<br></div>As far as buying a pre-built machine with no OS, I know there were a couple of places but I do not remember who.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 8:34 PM, Phil Waclawski <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:phil.waclawski@mesacc.edu" target="_blank">phil.waclawski@mesacc.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><a href="http://zareason.com/shop/home.php" target="_blank">http://zareason.com/shop/home.php</a> will let you really configure a laptop how you want it, and can leave it bare, or install the OS of your choice (I had them use Kubuntu). Little pricey, but nice hardware choices, and pretty durable too.<br>
<div><br></div><div>Phil W.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 8:32 PM, Derek Trotter <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:expat.arizonan@gmail.com" target="_blank">expat.arizonan@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<font face="Comic Sans MS">Is there anyone who sells computers
without an operating system? Sooner or later I'll buy another one
and I don't want to pay for a Windows license I'll never use.
Also is there anyone selling computers with linux installed? If
so which distro? If all else fails, I'll just buy the parts and
build one. However that might prove difficult if I wanted a
laptop.</font><span><font color="#888888"><br>
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