Oh, sorry I guess I was not detailed enough @frongt@lemmy.zip - I have a working desktop Linux system and an unused i7 laptop (whose battery does not charge, btw) 2 machines - I can use the desktop to prepare the thumb drive and the do the work on the laptop.
Lenovo.. I have a Lenovo laptop that requires you to insert a paper clip into a tiny hole to access the boot menu or the BIOS settings. That, combined with a keyboard faux pas, puts Lenovo off the list.
Is choice a bad thing? Each one gets the features and workflow that suits that one. You put the wheels on your Linux that you like the best, I choose mine too. They all work on the same roads.
You buy a game. Every time you start the game it phones home for permission. The company decides to shut down the server that gives permission. You can't play the game anymore. If this is like other initiatives in the same vein it won't stop the game maker from shutting down the server, but it will mandate that they either open source the server so you can run your own, or build the game in such a way that you can still play it (maybe single player only) after the server is gone.
Oh, sorry I guess I was not detailed enough @frongt@lemmy.zip - I have a working desktop Linux system and an unused i7 laptop (whose battery does not charge, btw) 2 machines - I can use the desktop to prepare the thumb drive and the do the work on the laptop.