• There are. Several, in fact.

    • Framework will sell you a laptop with no OS, but each laptop is certified 100% compatible with Linux
    • For years, Dell has sold laptops with Linux pre-installed.
    • StarLabs sells desktops and a couple different types of laptops with Linux installed.
    • Lenovo (it may look like Windows only, but go into build one, and one of the OS choices is Ubuntu)
    • system76
    • HP Dev One (Hewlett-Packard)
    • Purism
    • and
    • more

    Hell, you can buy a laptop with Linux pre-installed from Amazon!

    That’s mostly focusing on just laptops; there’s a dozen other companies selling desktop and mini-PCs with Linux, and some hardware manufacturers (Raspberry, ODroid?) don’t even have Windows as an option.

    There is a wide variety of laptops, desktops, mini-PCs, and SBCs to buy with Linux pre-installed. I’m more surprised that there’s someone who thinks there isn’t, than by how many options there are.

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      Just jumping in to say I would recommend trying something other than a StarLabs laptop. Not impressed with my Starbook MKV at all (good on paper, cheap quality in person and loses battery when the lid is shut), so I need to constantly charge it. My next one will probably be from purism.