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| From | Mike Small <smallm@panix.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.os.linux.slackware |
| Subject | Re: Opinion on Acer Tower 18L Desktop? |
| Date | 2026-07-21 23:44 -0400 |
| Organization | PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC |
| Message-ID | <jpkwlunwuvk.fsf@panix5.panix.com> (permalink) |
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Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> writes: ... >> >> Personally, I'd get a system76 or something made for Linux so you know >> everything works well and out-of-the-box. > > I'm pretty keen on "buy local". I don't think I want my support to be > in Denver. They do say, > > System76's firmware partly disables the Intel Management > Engine; the Intel Management Engine is proprietary > firmware which runs an operating system in post-2008 Intel > chipsets. > This makes me miss the 90s when Cellar Computers existed on Argyle Street in Halifax. They'd be helpful. At least I remember a guy there correcting my pronunciation of Linux. I wonder if anyone at Techmania on Cole Harbour Road in Dartmouth does Linux. I've no direct experience with them, but from how my mom describes them I'd think if any local store let you bring in a USB live image to try on a machine it would be them. > which is, AFAIK, the main potential pitfall in Window-installed > systems. Not entirely sure that switching from their Ubuntu to > Slackware would be altogether straightforward though. They're also in the United States, but Think Penguin lets you specify the distro to install on their order form. It doesn't explicitly list Slackware 15.0 among the "partial list of supported releases" but does list Slint 15+ as well as Debian 12, which was released in June 2023. The form lists those but seems to imply that you could ask for others. It provides a text box not a drop down for the distro field. > I'm a decade or more beyond taking any pleasure in what has now become > an onerous task of mastering a whole new domain of technology. BTDT, > (literally) have the sweatshirt. But I still want the versatility and > non-authoritarian posture of Slackware. > Mike Sm.
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