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   From: lws4art@gmail.com   
      
   Rabid Robot wrote:   
   > The problem with any machine purchased today is that open-source   
   > software won't properly support it until three or four years from now.   
   > Unless you purchase a machine which was explicitly built with hardware   
   > that already has good driver support in Linux, it's not likely that your   
   > experience will be any good. My laptop only recently got properly   
   > supported by Ubuntu 19.04 and even then, the ACPI functionality is a   
   > complete mess.   
      
   Not been my experience. Been installing Ubuntu 16.04 on brand-spank'n   
   new systems with 8 generation Intel CPUs where the CPU predates the OS   
   release by 2 years and no problem. Haven't encountered a 9th gen yet.   
      
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   Jonathan   
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