Submission + - Ask Slashdot: Where to buy a new desktop PC for Linux 1
eggegick writes: It's time for me to build a new Linux PC.
Dell sell Linux PCs for a lot of money. Complete and total rip off.
By default modern Dell PC's will not boot from the CD (I guess this is
a security measure, but I can think of better ways to implement this,
for instance ask the user to type in "yes" or "fire the explosive
bolts", or some sort of simple override). But I suppose Microshaft
would not like it easy to install other operation systems.
As it is, I hit the F12 key during the boot to enter the BIOS, hoping
to tell it to enable booting from the CD. Well I have not looked at a
BIOS screen in a long time, and there is no "enable boot from CD
option" anymore. There are some options for booting from other devices but it is all fubar magic to me.
So my question is, who build desktop PCs this day that is user
friendly in this regard (i.e. let me install the OS I want)
Dell sell Linux PCs for a lot of money. Complete and total rip off.
By default modern Dell PC's will not boot from the CD (I guess this is
a security measure, but I can think of better ways to implement this,
for instance ask the user to type in "yes" or "fire the explosive
bolts", or some sort of simple override). But I suppose Microshaft
would not like it easy to install other operation systems.
As it is, I hit the F12 key during the boot to enter the BIOS, hoping
to tell it to enable booting from the CD. Well I have not looked at a
BIOS screen in a long time, and there is no "enable boot from CD
option" anymore. There are some options for booting from other devices but it is all fubar magic to me.
So my question is, who build desktop PCs this day that is user
friendly in this regard (i.e. let me install the OS I want)
