PC Vendors that pre-install Linux or Unix

• It is possible to find linux laptops and desktops. By this, of course, I mean with the Linux or Unix pre-installed. Obviously you can buy or download your favorite distribution from a variety of vendors, so this page is for those of us who are a little lazier and would like to have our Linux or Unix Deskop machine come pre-loaded.

  Here's what I've found for Linux. I make no promises about any of these vendors as I haven't ordered from any nor contacted any of them. The sites look live and the hardware looks up to date.

• LinuxCertified - Nice looking laptops with Intel & AMD hardware.
  
  
• Linux laptops and linux destops by System76. These use Ubunto Linux and also come with other softwear.
  
  
• PowerNoteBooks - Click on products => linux. Installs Mandrake 9.1.
• PSSC Labs - Nice pre-built systems.
• HP Workstations - can be ordered preinstalled with Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 3, or HP Installer Kit for Linux
  
  
• Apple PowerMac g5 with Linux
  
  
• EmperorLinux has a variety of pre-configured Linux laptops. And how can you go wrong with Emperor (penguin) linux?
  
  
• PenguinComputing does Linux Clusters and Linux Servers.
  
  
• LinuxComputer Systems has a veriety of sizes, configurations, and they do custom builds

Linux/Unix Hardware Resources

• Linux on Laptops -  Reports and resources for running Linux on a notebook or laptop computer. Tis is a series of reports on installing and running linux on a wide variety of laptops.
  
  
• Links page to a great number of Linux solutions
  
  
• HP Offers Laptop With Preinstalled Linux And KDE - article on About.com
  
  
• Linux Based Diskless Computer
  Primarily for web surfing, info displays, etc.

Dell & Linux on Ebay.com

Naturally ebay will have computers with linux/unix pre-installed.

The auction below is real-time. Come back in a few hours and you'll see different results. If you'd like to join ebay, in order to bid on one of these, here's the lnk. It's 100% free to join.