Comments on: Ubuntu Netbooks: Strong Demand at System76

By: ricegf

ricegf — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 11:00:13 +0000

I’ve added a rather detailed review of my Starling experience at http://tr.im/wYOg.

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Dayo (jargon) 's status on Sunday, 09-Aug-09 19:59:02 UTC - Identi.ca — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 19:59:12 +0000

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By: ShowMeGrrl

ShowMeGrrl — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 06:26:44 +0000

I’ve owned a System76 Starling netbook for about two months now. I’ve been mostly happy with it. Here is my review: http://tinyurl.com/lkexet

By: Zac

Zac — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:32:52 +0000

That’s good news. For Australia, System76 won’t ship but Zareason does, and recently, Dell only offers the Latitude 2100 netbook and HP offers the mini 1000.

I also use Linux because it’s good not because it’s cheap. I have been using Ubuntu for 3 years and it has been a gradual changeover from Windows so now I’m ready to purchase a good spec desktop.

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Tel4all.dk » Blog Archive » Link: Linux præinstalleret hardware — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:49:44 +0000

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By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 10:52:05 +0000

@ Jef Spaleta,

In Jan. 2007 I bought a desktop and a laptop from System 76. Prior to purchase I inquired via email about drivers and found System76 quite forthcoming. I did *not* inquire about specific chipsets. What I was interested in was whether any proprietary drivers were used. The information I got back was that the desktop shipped with the proprietary nVida driver and the laptop required proprietary firmware for wifi although the driver itself was FLOSS. All other drivers were FLOSS.

That was two and half years ago, so things may have changed. But I found them quite responsive in a way that I can’t begin to imagine for a company like Dell.

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Wed, 29 Jul 2009 03:56:08 +0000

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By: Stephen

Stephen — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 23:26:10 +0000

Been looking at getting a netbook. Got to convince wife to let me buy one. Her argument the laptop I bought from system76 about four years ago works perfectly well and I don’t need another one. She doesn’t understand the geek lust for new and more interesting gadgets. I think this fall after a piece of overtime comes to me I will buy one anyway. Most likely will be from system76.

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Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:26:54 +0000

[...] Ubuntu Netbooks: Strong Demand at System76 As I scour the market for a potential Ubuntu netbook purchase, I’ve stumbled onto two interesting tidbits of info: First, Ubuntu netbook demand recently exceeded supply at System76. Second, another niche Ubuntu PC maker will introduce a netbook this August. [...]

By: Joe Panettieri

Joe Panettieri — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 20:26:41 +0000

Jef: I apologize for not having the info at my fingertips. We move pretty quickly will all of our blogs. The in-depth questions you ask are a healthy reminder that we need to keep digging deeper on our content. I will try to get the answers for you.
-jp

By: Jef Spaleta

Jef Spaleta — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 20:18:20 +0000

Joe:
Is there an Ubuntu tax? For all we know Ubuntu adds zero cost to the System76 systems. None of the OEMs talk about their profit-sharing relationship with Canonical.

I’m more concerned about making sure the hardware is fully supported by open drivers. System76 doesn’t expose enough information about chipsets or required kernel modules for my liking. I did try to get more information, concerning chipsets(including wireless) so I could do my own verification, but the information I got back via email wasn’t specific enough for me so I didn’t buy a system76 system. The last thing I want to do is buy hadware unknowingly that requires proprietary drivers.

-jef

By: Joe Hula

Joe Hula — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 19:59:57 +0000

Too bad they have ubuntu on them. Just as bad as paying the windows tax, Windows, Ubuntu, either way it will need a clean wipe and a real linux os put on it.