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http://www.linuxemporium.co.uk/hardware/hardware-laptops.html

I've bought network stuff from

http://www.linuxemporium.co.uk/index.html

in the past. I'd recommend them. They also do systems.

Thankfully we have The Linux Emporium - I bought a laptop from them at http://www.linuxemporium.co.uk/products/laptops/ recently.

my keyboard is now squeaky clean, too clean in fact... here's a picture

If you lived in the UK, you can buy a Lenova/IBM thinkpad with linux preloaded already, from here

The point is that you can pay a nationally recognized company to build you a computer and install Windows XP on it. It's much harder to find a national OEM vendor that sells machines that have been preloaded with Ubuntu.

Only if their time is worth nothing. If the time to learn how to get Linux working is worth more than the price of a copy of Windows XP and its successor, then the masses will choose Windows XP and its successor.

I call it "the mail." Each house gets a local kiosk called a "mailbox." Whenever someone needs Open Source software, a central "server" sends the software to the "mailbox" in "trucks." Someone should totally do this.

If you are bandwidth challenged (as I was until recently) then you have a number of options.

• Go with a distro that lets you do a netinstall and only download what you need.
• Go with a smaller distro. This is linux. You have the choice. Choose a distro that comes with everything. Choose a distro that fits on one CDROM. Choose!
• Work with the Fedora team to produce a netinstall version of Fedora (or pay someone else to do it for you.
• Get a friend with a faster internet connection to download it for you
• Pay somebody or another somebody to download it for you
• Buy a magazine that has a cover disc with the distro on it.

Disclaimer: Some options may be overly expensive or impractical due to your geographical location. Don't winge. Pick a different option.

From the LBC-announce mailing list:

"I've been getting a number of enquiries about when we'll have a cheap
version of Red Hat Linux 8.0.

Unfortunately, Red Hat have moved the goal posts again. In a surprising
move they've completely broken with their previous policy of 100% open
source. The new distribution contains a few components which are (C)
Red Hat and are *not* freely re-distributable. This has produced
surprisingly little comment but the effect is that it's no longer
possible to re-distribute copies of the standard download version of Red
Hat Linux. For the company that has up to now been the champion of Open
Source, it's a major direction change.

It's not all bad news though. The problem components are in identified
packages and Red Hat have said it's fine to re-distribute as long as
they are first removed. I therefore hope that we will be able to do a
Threads Linux 8.0. It will no longer be exactly the same as Red Hat,
although it will be functionally identical.

Cheers,
John"
-- The Linux Emporium - the source for Linux in the UK
See http://www.linuxemporium.co.uk/

TWW

You can get FreeBSD rather easily in the UK actually:
http://www.linuxemporium.co.uk/bsd.html#CompleteFr eeBSD

Try http://www.linuxemporium.co.uk

They have loads of distros, including FreeBSD and Slackware.

:)

If you wait for a bit I am sure Linux Emporium Will be able to get you a copy
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Dear HMV,
Why do you not sell Quake ]I[ Arena for linux. You sell it for Windows and Mac (and all three versions left Id Software together). www.linuxemporium.co.uk has stock so therefore it can be sold in the uk (I'm Irish by the way and was told in Belfast that I should try elsewhere, and the same in Dublin except they said it was on order for ever but that they had not received any from YOU). I can buy Quake III for Linux online, but I refuse, I want to a member of staff of a shop that sells computer games to hand me my copy and I will hand them my money. I will order it (as I have told your people), and I know of quite a few other people who would be tempted to buy it. Apart from anything else it comes in a pretty silver box!!!
Please stop being so prejudiced and give linux a chance, you stock things like applixware which will never excite anyone, so why snub the open source revolution by not stocking the most exciting game of the last millenium in all its glory.

Thank you for your email regarding Linux games.
I have forwarded your comments to our Games Buyer at Head Office for his comments.
The reasons that we do not stock this format are that the range available at the present time is mostly Business software. As it is still a relatively new format, it is not supported by all the games companies, and we have therefore not been presented with the product. If the range grows and includes up to date titles that can be distributed in the UK, then we will look into stocking limited titles in specific stores.
With regards to the Quake 3 game, our Games Buyer has spoken to Activision (the games publisher in the UK) and they have told him that it has not been officially sold in this country. It can be bought on the Internet and in selected import shops, as it is available to buy in America. Activision have no plans to sell this title officially through UK High Street retailers.
I hope that I have helped answer your enquiry, and would like to thank you for your interest in HMV.
Yours sincerely,
Name Removed
Customer Service

The Linux Emporium has got stock of 3.2, although I don't think it is a big mover.