$300, or $600/year
More like $15/year
My thought is, the work required to make Linux meet all of your bullet points will be so costly that you'll need a lot of $15/yr users. But it's definitely possible to get them.
Ask HN: Would you pay for a beautiful and stable Linux-distro for high-end PCs?
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Re: Ask HN: Would you pay for a beautiful and stable Linux-distro for high-end PCs?
#22As a reference point, I switched from linux to a Pixelbook Go for your critical reasons. I'd have a hard time justifying a higher price. The slightly lower specs have not hindered development, tho sometimes laggy when video call + screen share + heavy website like Jira
Would you pay $15 a year?
I pay 50 to Google per year per machine to provide a ton of control and security over software and access. So the amount is not a problem, but I'd want to maintain the ability to remote manage with my Google Workplace capabilities. They provide his for several OSes, other vendors do as well. You'll want to be workable for that maybe, maybe your niche doesn't care.
Re: Ask HN: Would you pay for a beautiful and stable Linux-distro for high-end PCs?
#23Buy a Thinkpad X1 Carbon and install Pop_OS on it. Done. And System76 won't charge you a cent!
Curious to know what sort of battery life you are getting?
I don't know for certain because I haven't ever let it run the whole way down. But I don't notice any difference than when the machine was running Windows 10.