Hi,

Can anyone exhaustively explain how the concept "Original Equipment Manufacturer" relates to the Neon project? Is the question too generic?

OEM = watery term for entities who build a computer.
Within the context of neon installers, OEM refers to a special operation mode which allows OEMs to install a system, customize it, and finally ship to customers who run a first-start configuration of their new system rather than a full-on installation. It allows OEMs to further customize the system as needed (e.g. pre-install drivers, or theme the wallpaper or whatever) before it gets shipped to the customer, and at the same time means the customer doesn't have to mess about with ISOs and USB sticks and whatnot to get their operating system installed.

in other words:
- if you have a computer that did not come with neon you install neon, which means neon gets "unpacked" onto your disk drives, and then it gets customized to you all in one go
- if you buy a computer with an OEM installation of neon (such as the KDE Slimbook), neon is already on the disk and all you need to do is power on the computer to do the system customization (e.g. you select your timezone and username etc.)

apachelogger wrote:OEM = watery term for entities who build a computer.
Within the context of neon installers, OEM refers to a special operation mode which allows OEMs to install a system, customize it, and finally ship to customers who run a first-start configuration of their new system rather than a full-on installation. It allows OEMs to further customize the system as needed (e.g. pre-install drivers, or theme the wallpaper or whatever) before it gets shipped to the customer, and at the same time means the customer doesn't have to mess about with ISOs and USB sticks and whatnot to get their operating system installed.

in other words:
- if you have a computer that did not come with neon you install neon, which means neon gets "unpacked" onto your disk drives, and then it gets customized to you all in one go
- if you buy a computer with an OEM installation of neon (such as the KDE Slimbook), neon is already on the disk and all you need to do is power on the computer to do the system customization (e.g. you select your timezone and username etc.)

@Harald Thank you for the answer.

Perhaps it's relevant to point out that my non-Slimbook machine, built by an OEM, will only boot Neon from the install medium in "OEM Mode".

I think it's a pretty good strategy to offer Neon on the Slimbook as turnkey, complete product. I noticed that the builds are taken for testing on OEM machine (probably the Slimbook).

I test distros on an older machine but I've recently bought a somewhat newer one for the same purpose. I noticed that the older machine boots Neon User like it does any other distro but the newer machine boots it in OEM mode. I'm somewhat puzzled.