Thanks, I will indeed report. Best, Janina Linux for blind general discussion writes: > I will be happy to read about how this machine is for you. > > > On Jun 24, 2020, at 7:08 AM, Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > OK, we're not quite communicating here. > > > > System 76 systems come with Ubuntu 20.4 pre-installed. You want another > > distro, you pop in a usb stick and go for it, or launch over ethernet. > > > > Asking for optical drives is a losing proposition these days, afaik. > > They're very yesterday. > > > > I should be able to give yhou direct experience in a few weeks. I > > ordered my fully loaded MeerKat earlier this week. Delivery is around 3 > > weeks. > > > > Best, > > > > Janina > > > > Linux for blind general discussion writes: > >> While a machine coming preloaded with Linux is nice and at least means > >> not having to fight Microsoft's latest attempts to dig their claws in > >> and make nuking the copy of Windows I didn't want and installing Linux > >> harder and means a better than average chance the hardware is fully > >> compatible with Linux and won't require proprietary drivers, > >> personally, the more important issue is whether a machine is > >> configured for optical and/or USB boot out of the box so I can just > >> install whichever distro I want and configure it from scratch without > >> the hassle of tracking down a monitor, a willing sighted assistent, > >> and walking them through the process of fixing the boot order(because > >> as hard as finding a sighted assistant is, finding one who actually > >> knows their way around a BIOS is even harder). > >> > >> So anyone know if System76 or any other pro-linux PC makers ship > >> systems I can just pop an installation CD/DVD into and run an > >> installer on first boot? Or have all of them followed the mainstream > >> into the insanity of disabling all boottable devices that aren't the > >> primary harddrive or placing them so low in the boot order they'll > >> only boot if the system drive is borked? > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Blinux-list mailing list > >> Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > -- > > > > Janina Sajka > > > > Linux Foundation Fellow > > Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup: http://a11y.org > > > > The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) > > Chair, Accessible Platform Architectures http://www.w3.org/wai/apa > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list mailing list > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list -- Janina Sajka https://linkedin.com/in/jsajka Linux Foundation Fellow Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup: http://a11y.org The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Co-Chair, Accessible Platform Architectures http://www.w3.org/wai/apa _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list