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Selling lots of Linux-based hardware that they design in-house. > Re-implementing Gnome in Rust That seems a bit disingenuous. It's all still GTK.

by pkulak 5y ago

azangru 5y ago
> lots of Linux-based hardware that they design in-house. Are their Clevo-based laptops designed in-house? If they are, why are they designed with such abysmal speakers, mediocre webcam and no attempt to go past the full-HD screen resolution? Why not design something cool like Framework?
- pkulak 5y ago
  Nope, I don't consider those in-house. They are working on an in-house laptop, and if it ends up anything like their in-house desktops, it could be really nice.
  - macco 5y ago
    Do you have a source for that? This would really be a game changer. Unfortunately, you need a really great number of units, that building your own custom laptop hardware is feasible. I really which System76 success with that. I always thought, if Dell were smart, they would do their own Linux-based brand, where they would reuse parts from mainline Dell. Kind of how they produce gaming laptops.
    - commoner 5y ago
      In November 2019, System76 announced that it would start designing and developing laptops in-house starting January 2020. The development process was estimated to take 2-3 years. The first generation of System76’s in-house desktop line (Thelio) took over 2 years to develop. - Article: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2019/11/20/system76-will-start-designing-and-building-its-own-linux-laptops-beginning-january-2020/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2019/11/20/syste... - HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21586422 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21586422 If you have any suggestions for the laptop design, System76 is collecting feedback here: https://github.com/system76/laptop-suggestions https://github.com/system76/laptop-suggestions
      - macco 5y ago
        Thx.
dathinab 5y ago
gnome =! gtk sure they are a bit more related then KDE and QT, still but the same at all
- stjohnswarts 5y ago
  We all know that. I assure you. Gnome uses GTK and evidently Cosmic 2.0 will use GTK
  - mmstick76 5y ago
    GNOME uses Mutter+GJS, which is quite a bit different from GTK. But sure, GNOME applications are written in GTK.
bluGill 5y ago
Sure, but there are already a number of different desktops hurting for maintainers. There is a lot hardware that doesn't work great with my os (which might be a BSD) and I want them to fix that.

Selling lots of Linux-based hardware that they design in-house. > Re-implementing Gnome in Rust That seems a bit disingenuous. It's all still GTK.

by pkulak 5y ago

Selling lots of Linux-based hardware that they design in-house. > Re-implementing Gnome in Rust That seems a bit disingenuous. It's all still GTK.

azangru 5y ago

> lots of Linux-based hardware that they design in-house. Are their Clevo-based laptops designed in-house? If they are, why are they designed with such abysmal speakers, mediocre webcam and no attempt to go past the full-HD screen resolution? Why not design something cool like Framework?

pkulak 5y ago
Nope, I don't consider those in-house. They are working on an in-house laptop, and if it ends up anything like their in-house desktops, it could be really nice.
- macco 5y ago
  Do you have a source for that? This would really be a game changer. Unfortunately, you need a really great number of units, that building your own custom laptop hardware is feasible. I really which System76 success with that. I always thought, if Dell were smart, they would do their own Linux-based brand, where they would reuse parts from mainline Dell. Kind of how they produce gaming laptops.
  - commoner 5y ago
    In November 2019, System76 announced that it would start designing and developing laptops in-house starting January 2020. The development process was estimated to take 2-3 years. The first generation of System76’s in-house desktop line (Thelio) took over 2 years to develop. - Article: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2019/11/20/system76-will-start-designing-and-building-its-own-linux-laptops-beginning-january-2020/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2019/11/20/syste... - HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21586422 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21586422 If you have any suggestions for the laptop design, System76 is collecting feedback here: https://github.com/system76/laptop-suggestions https://github.com/system76/laptop-suggestions
    - macco 5y ago
      Thx.

dathinab 5y ago

gnome =! gtk sure they are a bit more related then KDE and QT, still but the same at all

stjohnswarts 5y ago
We all know that. I assure you. Gnome uses GTK and evidently Cosmic 2.0 will use GTK
- mmstick76 5y ago
  GNOME uses Mutter+GJS, which is quite a bit different from GTK. But sure, GNOME applications are written in GTK.

bluGill 5y ago

Sure, but there are already a number of different desktops hurting for maintainers. There is a lot hardware that doesn't work great with my os (which might be a BSD) and I want them to fix that.