Refund of pre-installed Windows: Lenovo must pay 20,000 euros in damages - FSFE
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In a historic judgment in Italy, in a case initiated by FSFE supporter Luca Bonissi, Lenovo was ordered to pay 20,000 euros in damages for abusive behaviou...
  • PublicLewdness
    73·
    4 years ago

    I’m conflicted here. I applaud him for standing up for his rights and donating the bulk of it to the FSF but the other part of me wonders why, when there are several laptops that ship with Linux these days, one would buy a laptop that comes with Windows and then spend the time and effort to get a refund for Windows. System76; Star Labs; Purism; Vikings; Retro Freedom; Pine64; Think Penguin; I could go on. The amount of options we have for laptops with Linux in mind are plentiful. It is much easier, and better for the Linux community to spend your money and be supporting those who support you out of the gate.

    • federico3
      51·
      4 years ago

      Because user freedom. Also, very few laptops have the same build quality of some thinkpads.

  • joojmachine
    2·
    4 years ago

    The guy even helped with sharing the documentation and expanding the wiki, what a fucking legend.