Lubuntu notebook

[Craig Morehouse]

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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>    3. Re: Some happy news for the New Year! (Israel)
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> Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2013 08:25:33 -0500
> From: Craig Morehouse <craig at bigtigerimports.us>
> To: lubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: Some happy news for the New Year!
> Message-ID: <52B596CD.30407 at bigtigerimports.us>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
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> 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
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2013 17:55:12 +0200
> From: Lars Nood?n <lars.nooden at gmail.com>
> To: Lubuntu Users <Lubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Subject: Re: Some happy news for the New Year!
> Message-ID: <52B5B9E0.2070400 at gmail.com>
> 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
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2013 10:17:35 -0600
> From: Israel <israeldahl at gmail.com>
> To: lubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: Re: Some happy news for the New Year!
> Message-ID: <52B5BF1F.1030207 at gmail.com>
> 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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