[ILUG] Irish(? French? EU?) site/company for (semi-)custom(?) no-O/S or pre-installed Linux machimes?

[Félim Whiteley]

Hi Brian,

I used to live down in Lyon. LDLC were always pretty good. They sell machines 
with no OS if you didn't fancy jsut getting th e components yourself.

A quick example: http://www.ldlc.com/fiche/PB00071758.html

Félim

On Friday 10 February 2012 17:15:55 Brian Foster wrote:
> Hello,  [ Profuse apologies if this multiple-posts,
>            I'm having a fecking awful time with an
>             mindbogglingly astonishingly absymal
>              horrible GUI (I *hate* Gmail!) .... ]
> 
>  My computer at home is dead.  RIP.  Hence, I am looking to
>  buy a replacement.  Does anyone know of, or can recommend,
>  an Irish(? French? EU?) site/company which:
> 
>   (1) Offers so-called “naked” (no O/S) and/or pre-installed
>       Linux machines?  (Mostly interested in a desktop/tower
>       rather than a laptop/server.)
>  and
>   (2) Ships to France?
>  and ideally
>   (3) Offers (semi-)customized/customizable machines?
> 
>  One example USA site/company is ‘ibexpc <dot> com’
>  (does anyone have any experience or comments about them?).
> 
>  Known lists of such sites include
>    ‘lxer <dot> com/module/forums/t/23168/’
>  and (but seems to be down at the moment?)
>    ‘linux <dot> org/vendor/system/desktop.html’
> 
> cheers!
> 	-blf-