Linux Desktop/Laptop Vendor of the Year
 

A new category this year.

--jeremy

I voted system76 only because I am finding very good deals on used lemurs on ebay for a fraction of original cost. I have never bought a brand spanking new computer though. So maybe take my vote with a grain of salt.

i never bought from penguin-computing but someone from there did a presentation at my corporation a few years back (something about upgrading ibm s/390 mainframes to redhat, iirc) and gave the participants a tiny tux foam doll with their website on his chest.

no fit-pc ?.

Chose system76 because they were the first one this year to release a laptop I'd actually use. Thin & light 1080P 14".

i repped you up but do they do direct sales... so far i only see ebay/amazon listings in my quick search. also they seem to be barebones systems whgich are capable of running open-source software but no os (or hard drive) installed.

edit: this is their site where you can customize:
http://fitpc.com/
i was serching for fit-pc (which translated to fit but not pc).

i would also say no hp ?; but there linux based workstations were buried in their business solutions website but they may have been removed.

ThinkPenguin
 

I bought one this year and am extremely happy with it.

It might be worthwhile to also have an additional category for "mainstream"/"non-Linux-exclusive" vendor-of-the-year, for making Linux-friendly hardware, having good Linux support, documentation, etc.

For example, in such a category I'd probably cast my vote for Lenovo, but Dell would likely be a strong contender.

Prefer to build PC's or get refurb. off lease, however, voted ThinkPenguin because I know people who really like it.

Ummm...no Dell? XPS 13 is probably the best laptop designed for Linux.
http://www.dell.com/us/business/p/xps-13-linux/pd
http://www.dell.com/us/p/inspiron-14...oc=&l=en&s=dhs
http://www.dell.com/us/p/inspiron-15...oc=&l=en&s=dhs
http://www.dell.com/us/business/p/vo...aio&l=en&s=bsd

thanks for the link. i then went to dell.com to look for it but couldnt find it. their operating system dropdown filter only lists windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10, 10-home, 10-pro, ...
also the windows version costs more than $300 cheaper than the ubuntu version.

voted system76 since I have a galago laptop and I am very happy with it, also the customer service is very good.

Here's my vote: http://chimpbox.us/