Your take on this? I know why they do it, but should i be forced to install an OS i don't like just to get support for my hardware? Are there any hardware component manufacturers that support linux?

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  • For desktops and laptops there are only a couple like https://system76.com/desktops but you will pay extra because they have their own firmware designed for linux and are much smaller than big OEMs.

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