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Comment by cherryteastain

4 days ago

Big PC OEMs offer models with various distros preinstalled. Examples: Lenovo [1], Dell [2]

[1] https://www.lenovo.com/gb/en/configurator/cto/?bundleId=21NS...

[2] https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/cty/pdp/spd/xps-13-9350-inte...

The point is getting folks that aren't on HN, mainstream adoption.

  • Simple. Legally mandate 'empty' devices at time of sale. With fully open specs, so whomever actually wants to, 'can' support that crap. OFC the same for file-formats and general interoperability (of services).