Prebuilt/turn-key PC options

[wileop]

There's a company in Mass, run by Jonathan Nadeau, a blind computer
user, who builds computers with your choice of Linux distro installed.
He builds computers for low vision and blind computer users also.  He is
big into accessibility on the computer.  

His web site is www.frostbitesystems.com. and he also runs
http://www.accessiblecomputingfoundation.org/ .  He set up the Northeast
Gnu/Linux Fest this year and last year at Worcester State University.

Part of what you pay to buy a computer from him goes back to the distro
that you select to have installed on your computer.

Check him out.

Billy
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wileop <wileop at gmail.com>

On Thu, 2012-08-16 at 00:36 -0400, Joshua Judson Rosen wrote:

> Reviving a thread from 3 years ago..., because I'm finally about
> to buy a new laptop, again...:
> 
> Brian,
> 
> Do you do, or have you considered doing, anything in the way of whitebox
> laptops with straight-up Linux installs (i.e. no Microsoft overhead)?
> 
> Maybe by way of a strategic partnership with another company
> like ZaReason or such? e.g.: they handle R&D, you showcase
> and sell it (optionally (co-)installing Windows, if people want it,
> I guess)?
> 
> Anyone else running a business that sells Linux computers,
> feel free to jump in, too :)
> 
> Brian Chabot <brian at datasquire.net> writes:
> >
> > Joshua Judson Rosen wrote:
> >
> > > `Open Systems FTW'?
> > > 
> > > So..., I just recently heard about these guys:
> > > 
> > >         http://www.system76.com/
> > > 
> > > Anyone here have experience with, or opinions of, them?
> > > 
> >
> > Nope.
> >
> > But I do have (intimate you might say) experience with a *local*
> > provider of Linux systems....
> >
> > There's Just Works in Nashua - http://www.justworksnh.com - which sells
> > Mandriva based desktops and dual-boot laptops and netbooks.
> >
> > Triple boot on the netbooks if you want - Mandriva Linux, WinXP, and Moblin.
> >
> > I just thought I'd mention it, 'cause you know... I own the place and all.
> >
> > Sales have been kinda (!) slow lately.  If you *want* a local provider
> > who supports the Linux systems an all... Just Works can do it.
> >
> > ....If I get enough customers to keep the company in business... which
> > hasn't been happening lately.  So come on down and support the local
> > Linux provider!
> >
> > Brian
> 
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