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OEM stands for Original Equipment Manufacturer

OEM refers to a company that originally manufactured a product.

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Does oem-config create a user not in sudo group?

My friend just bought a netbook with Xubuntu preinstalled and the user was created right in store without giving her a root password. Neither was it an admin user. Was it oem-config's fault or store stаff's? Tip: To solve this boot into recovery…
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How can I Create a EULA popup for OEM Installs?

Years ago, when I purchased my Dell Inspiron laptop (the one I'm typing this question on right now), it came with Ubuntu 12.04, OEM Installed by Dell. When it first launched, a EULA popup came up, prompting me to agree with Dell's EULA. I was…
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How to upgrade to HWE 12.04.5?

My system: Brand new Dell OptiPlex XE2 with 12.04 pre-installed by Dell. I applied all security updates via update manager. Now Update Manager tells me this: I click the Upgrade button and I get this error: How do I fix this and upgrade my system…
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1204 HWE EOL OEM

I get this message: Dear Ubuntu user, your current Hardware Enablement Stack (HWE) is going out of support on 2015-04-30. After this date, security updates for critical parts of your system will no longer be available. We recommend you upgrade your…
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OEM Installation problem (OEM option missing)

I'm trying to figure out why the oem option is missing from different distributions of ubuntu(tried 12.04 and 14.04).Tried also with left shift key during boot but when i press F4 key(mode),i can see only the "normal" option.Am i doing something…
yiannissav
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How to get out of oem

Dear Ubuntu community, I purchased a new computer with pre-installed Ubuntu. Unfortunately, when starting it, it did not ask me to install Ubuntu as it is normally done. I set up a user profile under my name and gave myself administrator rights, but…
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Run scripts after oem firstboot

I have installed ubuntu using the oem-install. I was able to add packages, install software and do updates that then show up appropriately on first boot after the user sets up the machine and their account. What I need to do is copy some files and…
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Won't complete hardware update

'Package operation failed' Unpacking fglrx-core (from .../fglrx-core_1%%3a14.201-0ubuntu2wataugafour2_amd64.deb) ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/fglrx-core_1%%3a14.201-0ubuntu2wataugafour2_amd64.deb (--unpack): trying to…
Mzungu Mrefu
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12.04 HWES OEM won't upgrade, new HP455 laptop

Can some one please help, I have a new laptop a HP455 from ebuyer and its throwing up the following complains when trying to install the security and hardware support package in update manager: installArchives() failed: Extract templates from…
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How do I make a new OEM Install?

I'm very new to linux and I got a second laptop with ubuntu preinstalled but when I did a fresh OEM install my computer ran out of battery and shutdown but when I tried to make another OEM install the option was not there anymore. How do I make…
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Cancel "Prepare for shipping to end user"

Good evening, i got a machine with Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS. The installation from Ubuntu was made as OEM. Now the user pressed "prepare for shipping to end user". Is there any way, to cancel this mode? Thanks a lot
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