<div dir="ltr">Hi,<br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 10:46 AM, Pravin Dhayfule <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pravin@dhayfule.com" target="_blank">pravin@dhayfule.com</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"><div><div><div>Hi,<br><br></div>Gone are those days when we could get Laptops free from pre-installed OS. These days none of the new laptops in India are available with/without OS. All offer Windows 8.x as mandatory OS. I do not want to take the pain of first spending for an unnecessary OS and then reformat and install Ubuntu on it. Secondly the problem with Secure Boot scares me. Finally even after passing through these torments what if the hardware does not have Linux support.<br><br></div>I plan to buy a new Laptop, but do not want to go through these pains. I just need to know if there is any dealer in Pune (or online) who can help me out in buying an OS Free laptop that has support for Linux Distros may be Debian based. <br><br></div></div></blockquote><div>There are lots of laptops available online which come with either free dos or linux. I had taken a asus X200L everything works fine except that the wifi card (Ralink) does not have any driver for Linux -- the only available are for ubuntu-linux and that too a very old version. <br></div><div><br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div></div>Regards<br clear="all"><div><div><div><div><div><div><span style="color:rgb(153,153,153)">________________________________________________________________________</span><br><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)"><font size="2"><b>Pravin Balaji Dhayfule</b></font><br></span><b><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)"><font size="1">Free & Open Source Software oriented<font size="1"> </font>IT Solutions Consultant<font size="1"><br></font>Author: <a href="http://www.planetsoulance.com" target="_blank">Planet Soulance - The Civilisation of Souls</a><br>Personal Blog: <a href="http://www.dhayfule.com" target="_blank">http://www.dhayfule.com</a> Services Website: <a href="http://www.cybrent.biz" target="_blank">http://www.cybrent.biz</a></font></span><br></span></b><b><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)"><font size="1">Contact Number: +91 9867647412</font></span></span></b></div></div>
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