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A wizard, not a list Linux that actually works (191 of 308 machines, today)

A short wizard over a hand-scored database of 308 machines, with per-distro Linux notes.

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308 models hand-scored 254 in stock to buy now 86 current-year models 191 run Linux well today

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    Linux that actually works

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