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Why don't they just install Mint, Zorin, or even xUbuntu (XFCE versions of each)...
That's 3 examples with actual support and a user base >3 edgelord cat bois.
I ask myself the same question. I have no idea. Mine is from vaio and came with some sort of modded debian that looked like a stripped down win xp with custom repos that didn't even load properly.
You'd think that installing a niche distro like that is more difficult than one of the big 'plug and play' ones. Meaning they actively put more work into it, how strange.
Most distro maintainers would expect something for commercial licences. Can't have them take all your hard earned money! Max I can do is 0$.
They're usually gpl licensed. You can do whatever you want with it (including selling it for a bazillion monies) as long as you give the code too.
All the distroes are under GPL, so there is no need
No they wouldn't. Where did you even get that idea from?