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by shanpc 13y ago
The motherboard shown on lilliputing.com looks good - but at $80 for the motherboard, and once you add $75 for the case and power supply and fan, plus SSD ($80) and RAM ($40), the total's quickly going to close to what we've alrea
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by shanpc 13y ago
Definitely, agreed on that point. But we think there is a market for those low-cost devices with Ubuntu pre-installed that System76 is not catering for, and that's why we're trying to do this. But agreed on the apples to oranges c
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by shanpc 13y ago
Excellent idea! With a T-shirt, we couldn't use the Ubuntu/Canonical logo, but maybe we can do a T-shirt with a message that says "Support pre-installed Ubuntu/Linux!" or something similar on it. Let me talk to our
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by shanpc 13y ago
Thanks for the suggestions! Wow, it would be great if you could talk to Intel about licensing the NUC at a lower price, we could indeed use it (and the additional better hardware) and it would likely be better than what we've spec&#x27
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by shanpc 13y ago
Absolutely. If Google Linux (based on Debian or Ubuntu) had come out by this time, I'm confident there would have been no need for us to do this. :p Also agreed about the target market: you're right in that the crowd wanting low-c
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by shanpc 13y ago
Thanks for the feedback and support! :) (Sorry for the late reply, looks like HN was throttling us for posting too many replies.) Yeah, we really want to do a low-cost netbook or a full-fledged ultrabook with Ubuntu, but this is not within
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by shanpc 13y ago
Absolutely. But do remember that Dell and other vendors pre-install commercial operating systems (hint, hint!) on all their devices, and you are filling coffers for an anti-Linux company even if you overwrite it fully with Linux. There aren
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by shanpc 13y ago
Yes. :) The prototype shown in the video is indeed built off a barebones device similar to the one you link to (not the exact same model). So it is indeed not hard at all - most HN readers will be able to assemble a device similar to our ca
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by shanpc 13y ago
Our apologies for not being able to respond or answer since 7 PM EDT on this thread. We’ve been getting this message: “You’re submitting too fast. Please slow down. Thanks.” whenever we try to submit anything on Hacker News. We will keep tr
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by shanpc 13y ago
Thanks! :) Am copy-pasting a reply posted to another comment about the price point... =============== We wanted to price it below $300, but were a bit nervous since Indiegogo/Kickstarter take about 10% including the payments system (Am
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by shanpc 13y ago
Sorry, we made one video for both and forgot that detail. :-/ (We opted for Indiegogo in the end.) Will try to get that updated.
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by shanpc 13y ago
Oops! Thanks for catching that, will fix! EDIT: This was NOT done on purpose, I assure you. ;)
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by shanpc 13y ago
We're pricing it at below what most of what System76's base models come at. We were unable to find any systems with Ubuntu pre-installed at this price point, which is what motivated us to do this.
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by shanpc 13y ago
Good point, will see if we can do better with the video.
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by shanpc 13y ago
We wanted to price it below $300, but were a bit nervous since Indiegogo/Kickstarter take about 10% including the payments system (Amazon/PayPal), so we're pricing it safe. We'll certainly try to provide the best hardwar
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by shanpc 13y ago
Thanks for posting this on Hacker News! :) This is our first crowdfunding project, and we're super excited to be putting together a low-cost desktop system with Ubuntu pre-installed! Feel free to ask us questions here or on the Indiego
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by shanpc 13y ago
Thanks for the feedback! Our motivation for this project was to accelerate the growth of PCs with Ubuntu pre-installed on them, particularly at a low price point. We looked at the Raspberry Pi, but it provides too little CPU horsepower for