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Someone is already selling Linux systems - Koobox	by: scattershot
Go here to check them out. http://www.koobox.com/index.php But few people are brave enough to buy a PC from an unknown brand.

Re: Someone is already selling Linux systems - Koobox	by: KnuxT15
1) It doesn't help if the brand is unknown, not because of trust, but because of exposure. Nobody would buy because people don't know who the heck they are! 2) LINSPIRE ONLY?! Good grief, no. No, no no no no. You have to offer a better distro than that, or a selection of distros (for the more technically-inclined). If you're marketing towards newbies, go with Ubuntu. Else they should give a choice between other distros like Fedora, SuSE, Debian, hell even Slackware or Gentoo. Just... no Linspire, ever. They make Microsoft look like an angel :X

Re: Someone is already selling Linux systems - Koobox	by: nycace36
On points 1) and 2) 1) Here is an article about another well-known company :> which is considering selling systems with Linux pre-installed, 'HP Sees Huge Linux Desktop Deals', http://www.crn.com/hardware/197800591 2) For those who may not realize this, Linspire (Linspire/Freespire) is actually partnering with Canonical (Ubuntu), as described in their 'Linspire Canonical Partnership FAQ', http://wiki.freespire.org/index.php/Linspire_Canonical_Partnership_FAQ/

Linspire and Canonical Partnership FAQ link	by: nycace36
The corrected 'Linspire Canonical Partnership FAQ' link is http://wiki.freespire.org/index.php/Linspire_Canonical_Partnership_FAQ (no ending slash as comment above). Thanks for the correction!