Amid RAM price hikes, Microsoft reportedly raises Windows license cost, forcing OEMs to hike prices even further on hardware

More OEMs should ship devices with Linux as an option, discounted by the Windows license cost.

Here in Brazil, a lot of vendors are offering laptops with linux, but they do this just to offer a lower price, and put the most weird distro possible, that no one knew existed, so everyone who buys have to install their own os. The bad thing about it is that it creates a really bad first impression about linux on common users, who mostly end up asking the tech person from the family to install windows for them

Edit: another random fun fact: in order to offer a lower price, some brands around here also ship laptops with freedos, don’t ask me why.

im surprised they don’t just do the underhanded method of acquiring windows.

well I’d imagine theres some stores willing to oblige doing that.

curious sakes, what distro do they preload on customers.