i’m doing a business and entrepreneurship class in my school and i thought a franchise of stores selling computers with linux would be very successful due to low prices of linux. my main concern would be that since windows costs money if i got the computer from the hardware manufacturer directly for cheap and installed linux as opposed to paying for windows and sold them retail. i just wondered is this a possible thing though? are there any restrictions that would prevent me from creating this kind of business? and where could i get the hardware from per say? basically a place to get cheap computers without windows. and also due to linux being open source is it possible to use linux as the operating system and being able to sell them retail directly to costomers? or due certain rules of how linux is handled prevent me from this. either way thanks in advance on this problem.