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Well seeing how hackernews is a tech site we kinda expect you to know tech.

by frankharv 2y ago

bangaladore 2y ago
Count me as another person who had (had) no idea what this company is. They have 32 employees and < 10M revenue.
- jacobgkau 2y ago
  They kind of punch above their weight in terms of name recognition and development influence within the desktop Linux ecosystem. I currently work at System76, and we're kind of the same way; anyone following the /r/Linux subreddit or reading OMG! Ubuntu for more than a month probably knows of us, even though we're not actually that large. But if you don't use Linux or don't actively follow desktop Linux development, then it would be quite easy to have no clue.
  - bangaladore 2y ago
    > But if you don't use Linux or don't actively follow desktop Linux development, then it would be quite easy to have no clue. I don't, and that's probably why.
- nottorp 2y ago
  It's not the size. They have (had?) one well known product but the fanbois expect everyone to know how the company is called, what US state it's registered in and the CEOs shoe size... > I currently work at System76, and we're kind of the same way; anyone following the /r/Linux subreddit or reading OMG! Ubuntu for more than a month probably knows of us Funny, in this case I know of your company name but have no idea if your products have names and what they are.
  - boopmaster 2y ago
    famous for linux desktops with wood-grain paneling, if memory serves! (and it maybe doesn't!)
    - 0xcde4c3db 2y ago
      Purism is mostly known for its laptop and smartphone products. You might be thinking of System76 Thelio.
  - jacobgkau 2y ago
    Yeah, that's why I said "of us," lol. We have our fingers in a lot of pies, also similar to Purism (but not a 100% overlap, and with some differences in philosophy). My point wasn't that everyone should know Purism already, just explaining why it seems completely obvious to those of us in that niche. I really think it's a legitimate feeling of "they're in the news all the time" and forgetting that not everyone is exposed to the same news, rather than just a "fanboy" thing. For some people, they're right up there with Red Hat and Canonical in terms of presence.
- dylan604 2y ago
  Okay, but as a person reading a tech forum, it is assumed knowing how to look something up on the internet is something that is known. Unless you're just so fundamentally afraid of rabbit holes that you just don't use the web like that.
cesarb 2y ago
> we kinda expect you to know tech. Technology is a vast field, you can't expect everyone "in tech" to know all corners of "tech". This one is well-known if you're looking for alternatives to the current smartphone duopoly, but if that's not your technology niche, there's a good chance that it didn't enter your radar. See also: https://xkcd.com/1053/ https://xkcd.com/1053/
- sva_ 2y ago
  > Technology is a vast field, you can't expect everyone "in tech" to know all corners of "tech". I believe the keyboard sequence Ctrl+t > 'purism' > return would've been faster and more productive than writing a comment.
  - tomrod 2y ago
    But then the point may have been lost on the grandparent commenter.

Well seeing how hackernews is a tech site we kinda expect you to know tech.

bangaladore 2y ago

Count me as another person who had (had) no idea what this company is. They have 32 employees and < 10M revenue.

jacobgkau 2y ago
They kind of punch above their weight in terms of name recognition and development influence within the desktop Linux ecosystem. I currently work at System76, and we're kind of the same way; anyone following the /r/Linux subreddit or reading OMG! Ubuntu for more than a month probably knows of us, even though we're not actually that large. But if you don't use Linux or don't actively follow desktop Linux development, then it would be quite easy to have no clue.
- bangaladore 2y ago
  > But if you don't use Linux or don't actively follow desktop Linux development, then it would be quite easy to have no clue. I don't, and that's probably why.
nottorp 2y ago
It's not the size. They have (had?) one well known product but the fanbois expect everyone to know how the company is called, what US state it's registered in and the CEOs shoe size... > I currently work at System76, and we're kind of the same way; anyone following the /r/Linux subreddit or reading OMG! Ubuntu for more than a month probably knows of us Funny, in this case I know of your company name but have no idea if your products have names and what they are.
- boopmaster 2y ago
  famous for linux desktops with wood-grain paneling, if memory serves! (and it maybe doesn't!)
  - 0xcde4c3db 2y ago
    Purism is mostly known for its laptop and smartphone products. You might be thinking of System76 Thelio.
- jacobgkau 2y ago
  Yeah, that's why I said "of us," lol. We have our fingers in a lot of pies, also similar to Purism (but not a 100% overlap, and with some differences in philosophy). My point wasn't that everyone should know Purism already, just explaining why it seems completely obvious to those of us in that niche. I really think it's a legitimate feeling of "they're in the news all the time" and forgetting that not everyone is exposed to the same news, rather than just a "fanboy" thing. For some people, they're right up there with Red Hat and Canonical in terms of presence.
dylan604 2y ago
Okay, but as a person reading a tech forum, it is assumed knowing how to look something up on the internet is something that is known. Unless you're just so fundamentally afraid of rabbit holes that you just don't use the web like that.

cesarb 2y ago

> we kinda expect you to know tech. Technology is a vast field, you can't expect everyone "in tech" to know all corners of "tech". This one is well-known if you're looking for alternatives to the current smartphone duopoly, but if that's not your technology niche, there's a good chance that it didn't enter your radar. See also: https://xkcd.com/1053/ https://xkcd.com/1053/

sva_ 2y ago
> Technology is a vast field, you can't expect everyone "in tech" to know all corners of "tech". I believe the keyboard sequence Ctrl+t > 'purism' > return would've been faster and more productive than writing a comment.
- tomrod 2y ago
  But then the point may have been lost on the grandparent commenter.