▲ 757 ▼ Amid RAM price hikes, Microsoft reportedly raises Windows license cost, forcing OEMs to hike prices even further on hardware (www.windowscentral.com) submitted 3 months ago by mereo@piefed.ca to c/technology@lemmy.world 165 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Dagnet@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago (4 children) They just expect everyone to pirate windows permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] morto@piefed.social 5 points 3 months ago (3 children) Exactly, but if we think about it, just putting some random well-established distro would be faster and cheaper than creating their weird modded versions or making contracts with weird firms. Maybe they want to avoid any unexpected legal issues? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Dagnet@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (2 children) Maybe it has some known vulnerabilities? The more reputable sellers I've seen around here (I'm also from. Brazil) just ship Ubuntu, it's usually the sketchier vendors with the weird distros permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] morto@piefed.social 1 point 3 months ago (1 child) Which brands have you seen shipping with ubuntu? I've seen vaio, samsung, asus and acer shipping with weird distros. They come like that even from the official stores. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Dagnet@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago Pretty sure Dell is ubuntu, dont remember others atm permalink fedilink source parent
[–] morto@piefed.social 5 points 3 months ago (3 children) Exactly, but if we think about it, just putting some random well-established distro would be faster and cheaper than creating their weird modded versions or making contracts with weird firms. Maybe they want to avoid any unexpected legal issues? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Dagnet@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (2 children) Maybe it has some known vulnerabilities? The more reputable sellers I've seen around here (I'm also from. Brazil) just ship Ubuntu, it's usually the sketchier vendors with the weird distros permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] morto@piefed.social 1 point 3 months ago (1 child) Which brands have you seen shipping with ubuntu? I've seen vaio, samsung, asus and acer shipping with weird distros. They come like that even from the official stores. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Dagnet@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago Pretty sure Dell is ubuntu, dont remember others atm permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Dagnet@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (2 children) Maybe it has some known vulnerabilities? The more reputable sellers I've seen around here (I'm also from. Brazil) just ship Ubuntu, it's usually the sketchier vendors with the weird distros permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] morto@piefed.social 1 point 3 months ago (1 child) Which brands have you seen shipping with ubuntu? I've seen vaio, samsung, asus and acer shipping with weird distros. They come like that even from the official stores. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Dagnet@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago Pretty sure Dell is ubuntu, dont remember others atm permalink fedilink source parent
[–] morto@piefed.social 1 point 3 months ago (1 child) Which brands have you seen shipping with ubuntu? I've seen vaio, samsung, asus and acer shipping with weird distros. They come like that even from the official stores. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Dagnet@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago Pretty sure Dell is ubuntu, dont remember others atm permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Dagnet@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago Pretty sure Dell is ubuntu, dont remember others atm permalink fedilink source parent