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Re:The Year of Linux on Everything but the Desktop by ghaff on Tuesday February 21, 2017 @09:34PM (#13702440)
No problem at all. But the question was about Linux being free. And it's a good bet that a hardware manufacturer probably isn't going to ship with a community-supported distro with no support.
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Re:The Year of Linux on Everything but the Desktop by scholia on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @06:51AM (#13704816)
In the UK, RM Ltd launched the original 7in Asus netbook into the education market with two options. (1) Windows XP with normal support. (2) Linux with no support except "reset to factory condition".

Dell UK tried offering Linux with no support, but with the option to buy third-party support from Canonical. The cost of support more or less excluded home and education buyers.

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