[GLLUG] Newegg: Installing Linux On Your Computer Is Basically The Same As Breaking It - The Consumerist

[Chick Tower]

Yeah, after I sent this, I thought I should have written "Time to shop 
somewhere else for anything with an OS."  I don't think they could 
ignore motherboards and hard drives that come without an OS installed.


                                Chick

On 06/12/2012 01:49 PM, Stanley Mortel wrote:
> On 06/12/2012 02:06 PM, Chick Tower wrote:
>> Time to shop somewhere else, I guess.
> After reading the linked article, it seems that this is a (stupid)
> Newegg policy that has nothing specifically to do with Linux, only with
> replacing the factory installed OS with another one. I think Laura, at
> the Consumerist, is adding an eye catching spin to the whole thing, and
> I would not judge this to be responsible journalism. I see nothing to
> support the headline that Newegg claims installing Linux breaks the
> computer.