adingbatponder<p>Do we still have the situation that if one wants a <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/gnu_linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gnu_linux</span></a> computer according to one's own specs, where one lives e.g. DE, one is limited, as a non expert, to buying one from the specialist suppliers of machines for linux if one wants it to be guaranteed to work? Or is there a resource of known sets of <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/DIY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DIY</span></a> builds (motherboard, CPU, etc.) that will work for sure and where all the exact bits are available in your country? <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/diycomputer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>diycomputer</span></a></p>