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Why doesn't Lenovo ship Linux distro anymore? (monero.town)
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[–] velox_vulnus@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

They do, at least in India, even to this day. You pay ₹500 for Ubuntu, and around ₹7k for Windows 10 Home and ₹12k for the Pro edition. You can also go for the no-OS option, which costs ₹0.

[–] 0x0@programming.dev 5 points 3 months ago (3 children)

You pay for Ubuntu? Is it an Enterprise edition or something?

[–] Bookmeat@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago

Someone had to put it on there. That cost time and energy.

[–] Reddfugee42@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

They're paying for the labor, not the "parts"

[–] velox_vulnus@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 months ago

I am pretty sure it can be flashed, similar to how we do it for RISC-based boards. For the sake of convenience, they make easy money out of the customer.