[SoftTalker]

Why do you need linux preinstalled on a new computer?

Take a user friendly distro, boot up the installer, accept the defaults on the few questions it asks... done.

It's no more difficult than the first-time configuration MacOS or Windows will walk you through on a new system.

[pjmlp]

I precisely excluded HN crowd exactly because of comments like this.

First of all that hardly works flawlessly in 2026 laptops, still.

Secondly, this is about regular consumers, not Linux nerds.

[LargoLasskhyfv]

Do you make such a fuss when riding a rental or otherwise 'new to you' car, which diverges from the haptics of the one you were used to use?