• morto@piefed.social
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    9 hours ago

    Here in Brazil, a lot of vendors are offering laptops with linux, but they do this just to offer a lower price, and put the most weird distro possible, that no one knew existed, so everyone who buys have to install their own os. The bad thing about it is that it creates a really bad first impression about linux on common users, who mostly end up asking the tech person from the family to install windows for them

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      9 hours ago

      Why don’t they just install Mint, Zorin, or even xUbuntu (XFCE versions of each)…

      That’s 3 examples with actual support and a user base >3 edgelord cat bois.

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      8 hours ago

      im surprised they don’t just do the underhanded method of acquiring windows.

      well I’d imagine theres some stores willing to oblige doing that.

      curious sakes, what distro do they preload on customers.

      • jaygray91@piefed.zip
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        2 hours ago

        Yeah that’s weird. Quite a few of the smaller refurb shops here (south East Asia) just pirate Windows and Office suite.