[ale] May need purchase Laptop - Linux Friendly

[Jim Kinney]

ouch! The cheap pixel is $1300. Screen specs are really nice.

Wonder how long until someone make a laptop with 20+ microSD card slots for
RAID storage in flash. RAID 10 in that would be nice. 32GB cards in pairs
in a 10 pair stripe.


On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 4:13 PM, Scott Plante <splante at insightsys.com>wrote:

> Sorry, I actually meant getting a Chromebook and loading a regular Linux
> distro on it. That's what Linus is doing with the Pixel. The hardware seems
> pretty nice for the price and you're not paying Microsoft. I haven't heard
> what, if anything, Google is charging the hardware manufacturers for (open
> source) ChromeOS though.
>
> That said, I don't know why you couldn't do something like Blender on
> ChromeOS. I believe they have a native interface that gives you OpenGL
> access. True, the $200 Chromebook probably doesn't have the juice, but the
> the Pixel certainly would. I also saw a fairly impressive 3D human anatomy
> Chrome OpenGL demo a while back.
>
> Scott
> ------------------------------
> *From: *"Ron Frazier (ALE)" <atllinuxenthinfo at techstarship.com>
>
> *To: *"Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts" <ale at ale.org>
> *Sent: *Monday, August 26, 2013 2:21:18 PM
>
> *Subject: *Re: [ale] May need purchase Laptop - Linux Friendly
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> This is just my uninformed opinion - zero research - but I don't think
> chrome os or firefox os or "browser" os would give me the features and
> flexibility I expect from a computer, particularly as it relates to owning
> apps, running them off line, and manipulating lots of files on a hdd.
>
> (Diagram THAT sentence.)  (Never mind, bad memories from pre college
> English.)
>
> For example, I doubt you'd ever see Blender (3d graphics design) running
> on a "browser" os.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Ron
>
>
>
> Scott Plante <splante at insightsys.com> wrote:
>
> >Yeah, our Linux desktop purchases have come from GIM for that very
> >reason over the last few years. Dell servers, though, are not priced
> >that way. Actually, our most recent Windows purchase came from GIM as
> >well, since Dell only sells Win 8 (with very limited exceptions). GIM
> >builds their own desktops so it's easy to leave off a Windows license.
> >I guess it's not so easy to build a laptop from parts, and they say all
> >the laptop suppliers they deal with include Windows as part of the
> >package.
> >
> >
> >Tom, you might also consider a Chromebook. There are ones available at
> >several price points. I read Linus himself has been working on ensuring
> >kernel support and is using the high-end one as his main laptop.
> >
> >
> >Scott
> >
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >
> >From: "Jim Kinney" <jim.kinney at gmail.com>
> >To: "Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts" <ale at ale.org>
> >Sent: Monday, August 26, 2013 12:26:54 PM
> >Subject: Re: [ale] May need purchase Laptop - Linux Friendly
> >
> >
> >When I was looking at the Linux offerings on Dell, the hardware combo
> >for Linux was always a bit more than the lowest Winders version. So
> >there was ALWAYS a winders systems that cost less. and there was no
> >apple-to-apples comparison as they never offered the same hardware
> >combo for both OS's.
> >
> >
> >
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