Another alternative is:
http://www.forstbitesystems.com The young man that runs this business is blind and, in addition to selling and supporting computers with Linux preinstalled, he also sells and supports computers with a distribution that is designed specifically for vision impaired users. He is a HUGH Linux advocate, is in the process of putting together the 1st annual North East Linux Fest, (http://www.northeastlinuxfest.org/) and also does a number of Linux podcasts on a variety of subjects (http://www.frostbitemedia.org). I've not done business with him yet, but will in the future. I expect that he will go well out of his way to earn and keep your business. He also makes a donation to your distro of choice when you buy a machine from him. I hope this helps, Ed Richards From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kory Wnuk Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2011 5:37 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [brlug-general] system76? Relative to "tweaking things" out of the box, there was none of that required by me. Initial setup involved setting the timezone, etc. Everything just worked...including: wireless and built-in webcam. In fact, I am so happy with the experience that I can tell you that my next computer purchase will (again) be from System76. While a little more pricey, EmperorLinux is an alternative for laptops, notebooks, and handhelds. Take a look at their website and you will see that the price corresponds to some high-end hardware. I have no experience with EmperorLinux other than browsing their website. _____ From: Ronnie Gilkey <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tue, January 4, 2011 5:45:14 PM Subject: Re: [brlug-general] system76? Kory and Nicholas - thanks for sharing your experiences I'm looking to replace Windows; but price, stability, and support are still a concern as well. The cost of their systems are definitely comparable. Sure, Dell, HP, and Lenovo can also provide systems that are tuned to work with Linux out of the box, but it can be more expensive to get Linux. Hopefully, I shouldn't really ever need support for an end-user system. Take Dell for example. From browsing Dell's site they primarily sell/support RHEL for servers - which can cost as much, if not more, than Windows. I haven't seen much from them with Linux on Desktops. If a vendor won't let me choose the distro in their "OS Selection", I don't really consider it to be supported; I'm sure their support staff won't either. I don't want to have to tweak things out of the box (normal OS config is inevitable, but extra work for basic hardware functionality is out of the question). I should be able to just pick up a CD and re-install the OS (or re-image the hard drive) and everything should work (not saying that other manufacturer's systems won't behave that way). Just checking out alternative options out there. Any other suggestions/recommendations are gladly accepted. ronnie On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 1:49 PM, Dustin Puryear <[email protected]> wrote: The pricing on these seems comparable to a standard Windows-based laptop. Are you looking at these for cost reasons or just to replace Windows? -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nicholas Istre Sent: Monday, January 03, 2011 9:41 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [brlug-general] system76? I've been using last year's System76 Serval Professional (serp5 model), and it's been my main workstation since April 2009; It's been a solid Ubuntu setup for me. I wrote a rather glowing review of the system a while back here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=9609884#post9609884 One update since then, I did get to test 802.11n on it and have to say that is still problematic. I had to get the backported drivers and it will connect for a while, but it would eventually just die and required the module to be reset. Disabling 802.11n support keeps it with a very solid 802.11g 54 Mbps connection though. Hopefully, Intel figures out the issue, but I'm fine with g wireless support for now (and really, I'd rather plug in to Gigabit ethernet anyways). Other than the update, I still stand behind what I wrote in that post. My next purchased system (that I'm not building myself) will very likely be from System76, but I can still see myself getting many more years out of this Serval Pro 5, especially by replacing the CD drive with a second harddrive and upgrading the RAM to 8 GB DDR3. -Nick On Mon, 2011-01-03 at 20:30 -0600, Ronnie Gilkey wrote: > Hey y'all, > > Anybody out there using any system76 systems? I've been considering > them as a replacement for some end-user desktop and laptop systems. > They have a responsive forum and an active community surrounding them. > I've also read several good reviews about them and was curious if > anyone had any hands-on experience with their products. If so, would > you recommend their systems (which one(s) did you use?), and what > pros/cons have you found with the products? > > Thanks, > > ronnie > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
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