this post was submitted on 08 Jul 2026
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[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Woah, this could be a big deal

[–] bitfucker@programming.dev 2 points 1 day ago

It means manufacturers are now eyeing linux as a viable marketable product. If they can pocket the difference between the windows license no matter how cheap, you bet they would do it

[–] somegeek@programming.dev 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Still will be overpriced crap

[–] far_university1990@reddthat.com 22 points 2 days ago

Overpriced crap < overpriced crap with linux.

[–] thorhop@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 days ago

Damned fingerprint magnet.

[–] H3rm7t@infosec.pub 1 points 2 days ago

Smart marketing technique