[plug] SME PC hardware linux supplier?

[Brock Woolf]

On 09/11/2004, at 4:40 PM, Senectus . wrote:

> Is there any SME Hardware supplier that will sell a PC with linux
> installed and (hardware wise) supported on the PC/laptop?
> I would have thought I would found stuff on the IBM/HP sites.. but the
> only stuff I found was that if you buy in BULK you can get mandrake on
> HP PC's.. :-/
> Note: Not servers.. this is for the desktop purposes only...
>
>
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I have had this problem about 4 months ago. Here are your options:

1. (What I did) Buy an Apple iBook/iMac. The hardware is really fast and
linux runs on the PPC RISC architecture. Probably the best Linux distro 
to
use on Mac hardware is Yellow Dog. It's a really modern and easy to use 
OS.
Kinda like Mandrake, and Yellow Dog runs on PPC hardware ONLY, so it is
designed and concentrated on that only.
Secondly go slackware. Mac hardware is cheaper than Intel hardware 
because
you upgrade a lot less than in Alpha, and it looks awesome.
This is my recommendation.


2. HP sell Linux PCs. I'm not sure if they do in Australia, but i'm
sure you could order one online.

But seriously, get an iBook, they're so lovely and Yellowdog detects
and installs flawlessly on ALL Apple hardware.

>
- Brock Woolf
MandrakeLinux - The OS of Choice :)