I only need Linux on these machines ...
Hello All, I am helping a friend set up some boxes for a make shift office. There will be 5 people working in an open area. They have decided to rely solely on Linux for all Software needs. It seems that he has the capital to purchase 3 brand new laptops and 2 brand new desktops. Trouble is, we can't find anywhere that will sell us what we want without some M$ OS already installed. We would like to use IBM or HP machines if possible and of course we would prefer SuSE 8.2 as the distro (either pre-installed or we can install it post purchase). The main concern is to have a company to stand behind the hardware and support us if we are using Linux as the OS. Any ideas ? Thanks, -=Thinker
On Friday 29 August 2003 12:14 am, Thinker wrote:
Hello All,
I am helping a friend set up some boxes for a make shift office. There will be 5 people working in an open area. They have decided to rely solely on Linux for all Software needs. It seems that he has the capital to purchase 3 brand new laptops and 2 brand new desktops. Trouble is, we can't find anywhere that will sell us what we want without some M$ OS already installed.
We would like to use IBM or HP machines if possible and of course we would prefer SuSE 8.2 as the distro (either pre-installed or we can install it post purchase). The main concern is to have a company to stand behind the hardware and support us if we are using Linux as the OS.
Any ideas ?
Thanks,
-=Thinker I found this http://www.linux.org/vendor/system/ it's probably a start. -- Franklin Maurer Using SuSE 8.2 Pro
* Franklin Maurer (nebbish@sprynet.com) [030828 18:37]:
On Friday 29 August 2003 12:14 am, Thinker wrote:
Hello All,
I am helping a friend set up some boxes for a make shift office. There will be 5 people working in an open area. They have decided to rely solely on Linux for all Software needs. It seems that he has the capital to purchase 3 brand new laptops and 2 brand new desktops. Trouble is, we can't find anywhere that will sell us what we want without some M$ OS already installed.
We would like to use IBM or HP machines if possible and of course we would prefer SuSE 8.2 as the distro (either pre-installed or we can install it post purchase). The main concern is to have a company to stand behind the hardware and support us if we are using Linux as the OS.
Any ideas ?
HP and IBM sell many laptops and desktops pre-loaded with SuSE. I just cruised through both sites after doing a search on them for Linux..quite a few choices to choose from. :) -- Ben Rosenberg ---===---===---===--- mailto:ben@whack.org ----- If two men agree on everything, you can be sure that only one of them is doing the thinking.
On Thursday 28 August 2003 21:49 pm, Ben Rosenberg wrote:
* Franklin Maurer (nebbish@sprynet.com) [030828 18:37]:
On Friday 29 August 2003 12:14 am, Thinker wrote:
Hello All,
I am helping a friend set up some boxes for a make shift office. There will be 5 people working in an open area. They have decided to rely solely on Linux for all Software needs. It seems that he has the capital to purchase 3 brand new laptops and 2 brand new desktops. Trouble is, we can't find anywhere that will sell us what we want without some M$ OS already installed.
We would like to use IBM or HP machines if possible and of course we would prefer SuSE 8.2 as the distro (either pre-installed or we can install it post purchase). The main concern is to have a company to stand behind the hardware and support us if we are using Linux as the OS.
Any ideas ?
HP and IBM sell many laptops and desktops pre-loaded with SuSE. I just cruised through both sites after doing a search on them for Linux..quite a few choices to choose from. :) --
Hmm I just spent a lot of time digging around the ibm.com site and couldn't find any laptops that come with Linux. Only Winxxxxx And pointers as to how you found something different? Thanks.
Ben Rosenberg ---===---===---===--- mailto:ben@whack.org ----- If two men agree on everything, you can be sure that only one of them is doing the thinking.
-- +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ + Bruce S. Marshall bmarsh@bmarsh.com Bellaire, MI 08/29/03 17:04 + +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ "There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and open a vein." - Red Smith
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