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It boggles my mind that the entirety of the hardware world cannot accept the simple concept of making computer hardware capable of booting and running <latest open source operating systems literally purpose-built to take advantage of general hardware standards the Hardware Manufacturers WERE ALREADY MAKING for Microsoft Windows (TM)>

I mean, it's not like Linux didn't spend 30 frikkin' years specifically aping hardware that carried the WIntel brand from the IBM PC with MS-DOS up to WindozeWhatever13 or whatever they are up to now...

I cannot fathom the strange incentivization schema that would cause the entirety of the existing mass-retail OEM computer production to be "Windows ONLY" and actively contributing to literally selling LESS of their own units via efforts to lock their own hardware against running your own damned OS upon it!

I buy hardware I can run Linux on. I have no use for Microsoft Windows in any capacity for any purpose, period. end of story.

Hardware Manufacturers please take note! (I remain puzzled... Dell even sells some preloaded Linux laptops, IIRC... what gives, Dell?)

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Dell even sells some preloaded Linux laptops, IIRC... what gives, Dell?

What gives is that the Developer Edition gives them permission to make the other models 110% Windows-only because "if you want Linux just buy the Developer Edition". In their minds there is no reason to make the normal edition support Linux.