Hard pass. Another Linux laptop with another sus distro won't teach anyone how to focus. Save a hand-me-down laptop from the landfill, install a known good distro, and do the hard work of culling distractions.
C100 Developer Terminal
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#12I was hoping to see a flip up 12” x 4” screen. A bunch of devices have been showing up recently with this particular format of OLED. Here’s one that may or may not be vaporware, but which links to a couple of other devices with the same screen, so presumably something is shipping:
https://liliputing.com/kernelcom-is-a-compact-mini-laptop-wi...
Alas, this is more of a BBC B / Amiga format nostalgia fest, from the homeland of the hipster dads, Central Shoreditch.
This device could certainly add real value though if the OS / hardware integration gets nailed. That is, after all, where the Raspberry Pi really shone brightly: defining a standardised and working platform.
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#13Here's someone trying to build a serious PC focused on Linux. But the comments are very negative. And people wonder why the year of the Linux desktop still haven't arrived.
If you want PCs targeting Linux with good support... don't complain when someone tries doing exactly that.
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#14This isn't made by developers, that's clear, and I don't think it's going to be very functional. However, I do love the aesthetic and I do love that someone is trying something new.
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#15A laptop without a screen for the price of a regular laptop?
I get that economies of scale don't apply to something so niche, but that's just a bad deal. I'd rather get Framework Desktop.
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#16Here's someone trying to build a serious PC focused on Linux. But the comments are very negative. And people wonder why the year of the Linux desktop still haven't arrived. If you want PCs targeting Linux with good support... don't complain when someone tries doing exactly that.
I think a lot of the negativity comes from the odd choice of keyboard layout.
You can think of it as a weirdness budget: this is an odd-purposed device, running a specialty distribution of Linux by design. It is not portable despite having portable-like specs. And on top of this, it has an unusual keyboard layout.
It costs a lot of money and requires pre-orders, so you can't even impulse buy it. You can't actually see if you'd like the keyboard switch or layout in stores, either.
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#17Here's someone trying to build a serious PC focused on Linux. But the comments are very negative. And people wonder why the year of the Linux desktop still haven't arrived. If you want PCs targeting Linux with good support... don't complain when someone tries doing exactly that.
I think a lot of the negativity comes from the odd choice of keyboard layout. You can think of it as a weirdness budget: this is an odd-purposed device, running a specialty distribution of Linux by design. It is not portable despite having portable-like specs. And on top of this, it has an unusual keyboard layout. It costs a lot of money and requires pre-orders, so you can't even impulse buy it. You can't actually se…
I just assumed that the keyboard designer was a left-handed accounting/Excel geek (numeric keypad on the left side of the keyboard).
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#18I was hoping to see a flip up 12” x 4” screen. A bunch of devices have been showing up recently with this particular format of OLED. Here’s one that may or may not be vaporware, but which links to a couple of other devices with the same screen, so presumably something is shipping: https://liliputing.com/kernelcom-is-a-compact-mini-laptop-wi... Alas, this is more of a BBC B / Amiga format nostalgia fest, from the home…
> the homeland of the hipster dads, Central Shoreditch
Old enough to remember when the hipsters moved in, I feel vindicated. Vindicated!
(I like the beeb/amiga comparison, and I like the textured case, but I don't like the left-hand numpad).
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#19i’ve been following this for a while and still find it completely wild that you can preorder but there’s effectively no details.
theres a couple completely unimpressive videos (like 15s long) from employees on linkedin where they show off… tiling window management.
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#20Here's someone trying to build a serious PC focused on Linux. But the comments are very negative. And people wonder why the year of the Linux desktop still haven't arrived. If you want PCs targeting Linux with good support... don't complain when someone tries doing exactly that.
You can get a normal PC with Linux preinstalled from Lenovo, Dell, Framework, System76, etc. This isn't bringing much new other than a retro case, a few widgets, and pretentious marketing. I understand that they're probably "lean' so the first version isn't going to be impressive, but that means they need to sell it below cost not at a premium.