Re: [Trisquel-users] Another future for libre computing?

2016-10-19 Thread taknamay
Yes, when I saw this I thought pretty much what onpon4 said. I wish them luck, but the price is definitely steep. The low price was a big selling-point of the EOMA for me, even at the cost of high performance.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Another future for libre computing?

2016-10-18 Thread onpon4
It's certainly interesting and I wish them well, but way above my budget; I did the math, and if I worked 40 hours a week at my current job (I currently don't), one of these computers would be roughly half a year's salary. I suspect our community will not have much of an impact on its

Re: [Trisquel-users] Another future for libre computing?

2016-10-18 Thread jadedml
Yea, this project is pretty fantastic! Though, to be honest, the $3mil goal seems, er, a tad too steep for our community. I'm a little worried we won't make it /(;~:)\

Re: [Trisquel-users] Another future for libre computing?

2016-10-18 Thread jadedml
Yea, this project is pretty fantastic! Though, to be honest, the $3mil goal seems, er, a tad too steep for our community. I'm a little worried we won't make it /(;~:)\

Re: [Trisquel-users] Another future for libre computing?

2016-10-18 Thread jadedml
Dang, another double-post.

Re: [Trisquel-users] Another future for libre computing?

2016-10-18 Thread greatgnu
excellent, but we place these in the lounge, the articles need the lounge :)

[Trisquel-users] Another future for libre computing?

2016-10-18 Thread gromobir
The crowdfunding campaign for "the world's first ATX-compatible, workstation-class mainboard for the IBM POWER8 processor." has just started: https://www.crowdsupply.com/raptor-computing-systems/talos-secure-workstation The company describes their new project as follows: " Talos™ is the