[BadVista Advocate] GNU/Linux Hardware Configurations

[John Sullivan]

"Wayne Moore" <shroomling at googlemail.com> writes:

> I was thinking that it might be very useful to have the site list some
> systems, laptops and/or desktop, configurations that will work with 100% free
> software. The problem I often run into is that many people want to run
> GNU/Linux but are afraid that some of the hardware they choose might not
> work. For example, for someone wanting to buy a new machine, it would be
> great to say go buy one of these [on the list], and your video card / webcam
> / etc, will just work. Does anyone know of any vendor's prebuilt systems (
> e.g. Dell / HP / IBM) that would work? Otherwise, a list of components to
> build your own desktops would be a good start.

Yes, I would love to get more information like this into the FSF hardware list
at http://www.fsf.org/resources/hw.

I really like the idea of having a section that lists full systems that people
could buy.

If you haven't already sent us information about what hardware you are using
with a fully free OS (gNewSense), please do. 

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