[clue] 17" Linux-based laptop

[David L. Willson]

Hardware vendors and software vendors are in business to make great products AND make a living. So, when you're spending, be aware that they're watching. 

Id no longer makes products for Linux, because a whole bunch of people bought the Windows version of DOOM3 and downloaded the Linux binary for free, thereby obscuring their desire for a great game on Linux. Id can no longer justify the effort of creating the Linux port. 

Fortunately, Valve is making their first foray into Linux-land, and hopefully, we'll have gotten smarter, enough to actually be careful about how our "dollar-votes" get registered. 

So, I will continue to buy every Humble Bundle, attribute my purchase to Linux, and pay more than the average when I do. And I'll buy L4D2 on Steam on Linux, the day it gets released. 

And, I will only buy Linux-based computers from now on, rather than OSX or Windows-based, so that I can be sure all my hardware will "just work", and my vendor will know that I want Linux. 

All that to say this ... I want to source a Linux workstation from a reputable vendor, so I can request it at work: Why is this so damned hard? 

System 76 - Bonobo - gone 
Zareason - Verix - gone 
Dell - M6700 - Rumor appears to be unfounded 

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David L. Willson 
Trainer, Engineer, Enthusiast 
RHCE Network+ A+ Linux+ LPIC-1 Ubuntu 
Mobile 720-333-LANS(5267) 

This is a good time for a r3VOLution. 

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