[HLUG] Simple Linux distro

[Julian Robbins]

You could also try the linux emporium uk based who do pre installed linux
laptops

Julian
On Oct 17, 2012 8:22 PM, "Julian Robbins" <joolsr1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I bought a motherboard combo from them . Been working well for a long
> while. They have a shop in Cardiff too if you're ever down that way...
>
> I have a feeling that dell is restarting its linux laptops line..
>
> Julian
> On Oct 17, 2012 8:16 PM, "george dicegeorge" <dicegeorge at hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> http://www.novatech.co.uk/
>> sell computers without Windows,
>> they assemble them in Portsmouth
>> so if something goes wrong you can take it back.
>>
>> I bought this laptop from them, very nice.
>>
>> [george]
>>
>> -----Original Message----- From: Steve Horsfield
>> Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2012 7:18 PM
>> To: Herefordshire Linux Users Group.
>> Subject: Re: [HLUG] Simple Linux distro
>>
>> We've discussed this before. It is quite difficult to buy a lap top
>> without  Windows and the the new restrictions implemented by OEMs make it
>> very difficult to overwrite the operating system you didn't want to pay
>> for
>> in the first place.
>> Steve
>>
>>
>>
>> On 17 October 2012 18:25, Tim Spivey <tim at spiveyworld.net> wrote:
>>
>>  Hello all
>>>
>>> My mother in law asked me to have a look at
>>>
>>> http://www.ordissimo.co.uk/**index.php?option=com_content&**
>>> view=article&id=175&Itemid=**207&lang=en<http://www.ordissimo.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=175&Itemid=207&lang=en>
>>> and
>>> see  what I thought, it looks a bit overpriced to me.  I think I could do
>>> better getting a cheap laptop and putting a distro of Linux on it which
>>> has
>>> a very simple frontend that I could configure for her.  Does anyone know
>>> of
>>> any Linux distros which allow the creation of a simple, unbreakable (!)
>>> frontend?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Tim
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