Easy, buy the computer from a company that installs linux on your computer as your default operating system. http://www.microway.com and http://www.penguincomputers.com come to mind in this respect for me. I wish I had known about them and had purchased from one of them rather than Dell. On Tue, 13 Aug 2002, Michael Weaver wrote: > Hi! > At the moment, I have both a desktop and laptop computers. Looking at both > systems, I found that some of the hardware might be a problem for having a > Linux system on them. > I know this may be some time away, maybe not until I leave home or until my > computers break down but could anyone suggest as to how I could buy a PC or > laptop which I can be certain will support Linux? > I live in the UK and I am told that it is near impossible or even impossible > to buy a system which will support Linux. I know in the US the problem is > made slightly easier because there is a specific store which sells systems > some of which even come with Linux Pre-installed. > How would I go about buying a system in the future? > Would I have to go into a PC store like PCworld for example and say I want a > Linux supporting PC because they are not likely to know what hardware will > not work and they are not likely to try installing Linux on different PCs > just to see which machine will support it. > Also if I were to leave home I am thinking of having broadband or some kind > of high speed Internet access such as ADSL. What would you suggest for this > or as this is a new service, should Linux support it meaning is it easy > enough to get an ADSL connection working with Linux? > Any advice would be helpful. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list >