System 76: Making pre-installed Linux hardware a reality
Recently I came upon a company called System 76 promising to bring pre-installed Linux hardware to the masses. At first I was a bit skeptical as I’ve seen this promise time and time again. So I requested review hardware thinking it would be nothing more than vapor ware. Surprisingly, however, the hardware arrived. Even more surprising was that the hardware was really quite nice. In fact, the laptop they sent me, the Pangolin Performance, was one of the finest laptops I have used to date (a Product Spotlight article is forthcoming). And the desktop (the Meerkat NetTop) was smooth, quiet, and fast (again a Product Spotlight is forthcoming).
But why does a company (based in Denver, CO) decide to bring Linux hardware to life? System 76 was founded in November 2005 with the intent on bringing Linux-powered hardware to the public. Many companies have wanted to do this, some have even tried, many have failed. System 76 is a different animal all together. With the foundation System 76 has laid, and the hardware they are producing, they should handily succeed. Why? Simple: When a consumer purchases a piece of hardware, say a laptop, from System 76 what they get from them works…and works well. The laptops System 76 puts together are as smooth as any Apple laptop and as user-friendly as any Windows laptop. So finally a Linux-based hardware company is finally delivering what Windows-based hardware vendors have for years.
But to an old-hat Linux user a laptop shipping with a running copy of Linux is not the tell-tale sign that said company is going to be something special.
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