Didn’t RTA. What distro?
Fedora or Ubuntu. But I’d say the important part is that they probably provide all necessary drivers.
These seem to be the two most commonly supported distros by laptop manufacturers. Framework officially support these two distros, too (they have unofficial guides for a bunch of other distros though)
Usually enabling Ubuntu’s third party / proprietary repo covers all necessary drivers.
I remember having lots of driver issues on fedora but that was like two decades ago. I’d imagine they have that sorted now.
Anyway this is good news. Grow the user base.
This is only for Thinkpads which are offered as customized units and have a longer shipping time.
It’s HAPPENING!
in brazil, we used to have a law forcing for this to be a thing. back in the laptop days, it used to be reasonably common for people to buy one without windows, and pirate it later. or with linux with the intention of formatting it. or because it was cheaper.
it turns out brazil fomented a big userbase for linux for a while there. if this is widespread i’m pretty sure adoption will grow for the simple fact people will at least get to try it. free market my ass, microsoft is an oligopoly.
Used to have? Not anymore?
Wow, I didn’t realize the windows tax was that high. I thought the bulk OEM licensing was significantly cheaper than the retail price.
It’s kind of absurd. When you buy a TV, the bloated adware at least helps lower the price. Imagine paying extra for it.
sssssshhhhhhhhhhh don’t type this out loud
