Hi Everyone,

The purpose of this mail thread is to stimulate discussion about the
subject, as it is becoming increasingly harder to purchase Linux
friendly hardware. I don't know whether the following is paranoia or
fact, but I get an uncomfortable itch when I enter a shop boasting of
having a Microsoft deal or anything similar.

I think, the time has come for Linux users to unite, so that as a
group, they would seek some form of aggreement with hardware
manufactures, so that their OS, would not be erased from existence by
virtue of having no one producing Linux friendly hardware.

Edward

On 27/01/2016, Robert Storey <robert.storey@???> wrote:
> Simon Hobson <linux@???>
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> Subject: Re: [DNG] Purchasing a new computer/laptop
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> Robert Storey <robert.storey@???> wrote:
>
>>> Since the Mac doesn't have a ctrl key, the following was a particularly
> relevant post:
>
>> Really ?
>> Mine does, there between the fn and alt keys - standard UK keyboard on a
> MacBook
>> Pro. I think it will be model/keyboard specific. You can always plug in a
> different
>> keyboard.
>
> Hi Simon. You're right, at least newer Macs have a ctrl key. Older ones
> didn't, but it's been many years since I had one. I guess now the cmd key
> is equivalent to the unused "Windows" key I see staring me in the face
> right now.
>
> So maybe I should ask: Have you tried installing Linux on your MacBook? If
> so, how was the experience? Any advice about that? Any nonsense to deal
> with similar to Microsoft's "secure boot"? (if you answered those questions
> already in another post, I"m sorry, I missed it).
>
> Anyway, expensive though it might be, I'd consider a MacBook in the future,
> especially if I could dual-boot it with Linux.
>
> cheers,
> Robert
>