I am honored by the responses here. Answers to some questions ...
Yes, I will have updates and ordering through bigtigerimports.us. Jan
31st is my target. Won't be easy, though. There is lots to do.
Q: "Will the processor be multi-core?"
A: Some will be regular I5 - I7's. The Atom processor combines many functions
into the chip itself. Graphics, memory controller and I/O interfaces are
integrated. The range of devices available to be is, frankly, overwhelming. I
have picked the current to start because it is more rugged than you'd expect a
Netbook to be, it has all the standard ports including VGA out, and I think
that its having a real 500GB Hd puts it into a different class.
Q: Will you offer Solid State drives (possibly as an upgrade? as $300
wouldn't be enough to cover that).
A: I am not a big fan of SSD as the primary drive. I see many failures. The
technology that looks best is hybrid, using some flash and the rest
mechanical in one package. Those rock and install into the exact drive bay with
standard equipment.
Q: And finally, what graphics chip are you using... I suppose since you
have an Atom processor it will be Intel graphics (which generally works
well), basically I am wondering if it will be capable of running higher
end 3d graphics
A: As above, the graphics controller is integrated into the Atom. Performance
with video is very nice. All the multimedia stuff I've run was very smooth.
With LXDE the interface snaps. The only thing I've found causing any slowdown
is when I have many programs in several categories. If there are, say, 50
programs in Education, there can be a 2 - 3 second delay in opening a cascade
window to the right and displaying the contents.
Right now, the target market is the USA and base language is English. I don't
see why we could not have, say, a French version with as many programs in
French as possible and as many French ebooks as I can acquire. There is no
particular limit.
Let me know what you'd like and I will try to do it.
-Craig
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2013 08:25:33 -0500
From: Craig Morehouse <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: Some happy news for the New Year!
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
Hello and best wishes to everyone.
I am Craig Morehouse, General Manager of Big Tiger Imports LLC.
I have found a special line of Netbooks made in China, and I am building
the business foundation to sell them in the USA. Unlike most Netbooks,
these will be full featured notebook computers with 4GB RAM and 500GB
hard drives.
Fortunately, the Chinese offer many of their product lines with a choice
of Windows 7 or Linux. So, I knew the machines would be Linux
compatible. I figured that the combination of Atom processors and
Lubuntu software might work nicely.
I ordered the first sample several weeks ago and put Lubuntu on it. As
predicted, the results are wonderful. It was almost emotional.
I first contributed to the Free and Open Source Software movement in
1985. A small part of Emacs is mine ( a very small part, but I am quite
proud of having contributed). Since then I did a couple of other
projects at the Free Software Foundation's request. Basically language
development and grunt work. I've been using Linux as my primary home
system since the late 90's. I'm a Certified Apple Technician as well.
I also worked with Michael Hart of Project Gutenberg for a decade. Many
of you have never heard of the Dynabook, but you might google it. It's a
part of computing history. This is my tribute to Alan Kay and the late
Dr. Michael Hart. I have shared these visions for a long, long time (did
I mention that I am old? Eh, what's that?). The hardware part is a
reality; the other phase of the DynaBook and PG were their educational
purposes. I intend to complete the visions.
Anyway, the upshot of the situation is that I'm going to sell these
NetBooks for less than $300. They will come with Lubuntu and the Project
Gutenberg DVD books.
I am working now to convert all Gutenberg 29,000 books in the collection
from text format to .epub format. I'm using the Calibre program for the
library and conversion. The Ebook reader that comes with Lubuntu is
splendid.
So, the little notebooks will be available in five colors, (Black, White
Pink, Red and Yellow). Each machine will come with Lubuntu, the LXDE
environment customized to younger folks and the adults who will be
teaching them. I'm going through all the Educational software available
for all Ubuntu flavors, and will have a wide selection organized and
available right out of the box. We'll also have more than 29,000 Ebooks
from Project Gutenberg on each machine.
I'm too old now to be an active developer any longer, but I have 30
years experience with Graphic User Interfaces along with computer game
design. Basically, I've seen most every GUI used in the USA and the UK
to any extent, and I know from the inside what such projects require.
I'll be giving $2 to the Lubuntu developers and $2 to Project Gutenberg
for each notebook sold.
I'd like to give feedback to the lubuntu-users list since I will be
watching exactly how people interact with the machines.
It will take about 6 - 8 weeks to get everything ready. There's a
lead-time to get the machines, there's a lot of work needed to do the
ebook conversions, and we have to work around the Chinese New Year
vacation times.
So I'd like to be an ally here as much as I can.
Thanks to all of you,
Craig Morehouse
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2013 17:55:12 +0200
From: Lars Nood?n <[email protected]>
To: Lubuntu Users <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Some happy news for the New Year!
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
On 12/21/2013 03:25 PM, Craig Morehouse wrote:
...Anyway, the upshot of the situation is that I'm going to sell these
NetBooks for less than $300. They will come with Lubuntu and the Project
Gutenberg DVD books...
This is very exciting news. Will there be more details about
availability, ordering, and specs at your site soon?
http://www.bigtigerimports.us/
Are they going to be on sale soon after Chinese new year (Jan 31st) ?
Regards,
/Lars
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2013 10:17:35 -0600
From: Israel <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Some happy news for the New Year!
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
That is great!! I am so glad you e-mailed us!! I think this should go
on the blog when everything is up and ready. So, if I understand you,
these will be available for sale in the US? Will they ship to other
countries as well? I will definitely make more of an effort to
concentrate on remaking icons for the educational software, as we are
currently working on expanding the Lubuntu icon theme (Box icon theme).
Thank you for the holiday cheer you bring to this list!!
I have some hardware questions for you, though.
Will the processor be multi-core?
Will you offer Solid State drives (possibly as an upgrade? as $300
wouldn't be enough to cover that).
And finally, what graphics chip are you using... I suppose since you
have an Atom processor it will be Intel graphics (which generally works
well), basically I am wondering if it will be capable of running higher
end 3d graphics.
Thanks again for your exciting news!!
And thanks for all your contributions to freedom throughout the year!!
On 12/21/2013 07:25 AM, Craig Morehouse wrote:
Hello and best wishes to everyone.
I am Craig Morehouse, General Manager of Big Tiger Imports LLC.
I have found a special line of Netbooks made in China, and I am
building the business foundation to sell them in the USA. Unlike most
Netbooks, these will be full featured notebook computers with 4GB RAM
and 500GB hard drives.
Fortunately, the Chinese offer many of their product lines with a
choice of Windows 7 or Linux. So, I knew the machines would be Linux
compatible. I figured that the combination of Atom processors and
Lubuntu software might work nicely.
I ordered the first sample several weeks ago and put Lubuntu on it. As
predicted, the results are wonderful. It was almost emotional.
I first contributed to the Free and Open Source Software movement in
1985. A small part of Emacs is mine ( a very small part, but I am
quite proud of having contributed). Since then I did a couple of other
projects at the Free Software Foundation's request. Basically language
development and grunt work. I've been using Linux as my primary home
system since the late 90's. I'm a Certified Apple Technician as well.
I also worked with Michael Hart of Project Gutenberg for a decade.
Many of you have never heard of the Dynabook, but you might google it.
It's a part of computing history. This is my tribute to Alan Kay and
the late Dr. Michael Hart. I have shared these visions for a long,
long time (did I mention that I am old? Eh, what's that?). The
hardware part is a reality; the other phase of the DynaBook and PG
were their educational purposes. I intend to complete the visions.
Anyway, the upshot of the situation is that I'm going to sell these
NetBooks for less than $300. They will come with Lubuntu and the
Project Gutenberg DVD books.
I am working now to convert all Gutenberg 29,000 books in the
collection from text format to .epub format. I'm using the Calibre
program for the library and conversion. The Ebook reader that comes
with Lubuntu is splendid.
So, the little notebooks will be available in five colors, (Black,
White Pink, Red and Yellow). Each machine will come with Lubuntu, the
LXDE environment customized to younger folks and the adults who will
be teaching them. I'm going through all the Educational software
available for all Ubuntu flavors, and will have a wide selection
organized and available right out of the box. We'll also have more
than 29,000 Ebooks from Project Gutenberg on each machine.
I'm too old now to be an active developer any longer, but I have 30
years experience with Graphic User Interfaces along with computer game
design. Basically, I've seen most every GUI used in the USA and the UK
to any extent, and I know from the inside what such projects require.
I'll be giving $2 to the Lubuntu developers and $2 to Project
Gutenberg for each notebook sold.
I'd like to give feedback to the lubuntu-users list since I will be
watching exactly how people interact with the machines.
It will take about 6 - 8 weeks to get everything ready. There's a
lead-time to get the machines, there's a lot of work needed to do the
ebook conversions, and we have to work around the Chinese New Year
vacation times.
So I'd like to be an ally here as much as I can.
Thanks to all of you,
Craig Morehouse
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