Comments by "John Crawford" (@JohnCrawford1979) on "Logically Answered" channel.

  1. There are distros like Tuxedo OS that have Linux built in. The disadvantage is most PCs have Windows built in. They may say that they could have an option for preinstalling Linux, but they don't make it well known, or easy to find information to do so. You also have to buy direct from the manufacturer, since your local Best Buy is likely not to have anything other than Apple and Microsoft. It would take some sort of grass roots push to get Linux based PCs onto the store shelves. Online-wise, you have to do a lot more digging to find the Linux OSes that are prebuilt into a machine. Most people trust, or at least are most comfortable using a brand they know and have used in the past, thus sticking with HP, Dell, Apple, etc. Again, if the manufacturers had the option to put Linux distros in instead, they aren't making that an easy option to find. Likely because they have some agreement with Microsoft, or, in Apple's case, do not want anything but their own proprietary hardware and software to be used.
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