[CoLoCo] Linux netbook

David Overcash funnylookinhat at gmail.com
Wed Jul 14 17:30:17 BST 2010


Samsung is supposedly releasing an Android tablet in the fall:
http://www.tabletpcreview.com/default.asp?newsID=1446&news=google+android+OS+samsung+tablet+samsungtablet+froyo

Not sure if you want an "ipad" type of device or whatnot.

On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 10:03 AM, <telecon at infosyndicate.net> wrote:

> This is a good question, because I am not buying another netbook, but would
> be interested in the right tablet.
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 08:35, Simon Engelbert <engelbert.simon at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Ian,
>>
>> Kinda off topic and maybe something you can't tell us at this point but
>> with the recent announcement that Ubuntu will be entering the tablet market
>> (http://bit.ly/aNK9i6), does System76 have any tablet plans of their own?
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> -Simon
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 1:26 PM, Ian Santopietro <isantop at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Nelson.
>>>
>>> I'm sorry you feel that way. Let me clarify a little bit.
>>>
>>> We collect your address when you create an account on our site because we
>>> are an E-Commerce website. We need that information to ship you products. We
>>> do not sell customer information and we never will. If you're still
>>> uncomfortable about creating an account on our website, you're welcome to
>>> follow us on Twitter, Identi.ca, or Facebook.
>>>
>>> http://www.twitter.com/system76
>>> http://www.identi.ca/system76
>>> http://www.facebook.com/system76
>>>
>>> We did initially plan on releasing the new Starling around mid-july.
>>> However, recent set-backs have pushed the release date back a bit. We don't
>>> want to release a product that isn't ready just to meet a previously stated
>>> date. To maintain our quality standards, it is necessary to complete all of
>>> our engineering, even if that means we have to change the release date.
>>>
>>> I hope this resolves some misconceptions you may have had.
>>>
>>> On 12 July 2010 15:58, Nelson Ingersoll <nelson.ingersoll at email.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>>    Initially a Sys76 rep suggested that the new Starling would be READY
>>>> by mid-July.  Now I read on their Facebook site that actual sales won't
>>>> happen until whenever they're ready, like August or September.
>>>>
>>>>    TL;DR Don't trust what you're told by sales people.
>>>>
>>>>    Upon the start of this thread I visited the Sys76 site and started
>>>> the process of "creating an account".  I stopped when I saw that Sys76
>>>> required my home address and phone number to complete the process.  I
>>>> mentioned that fact to them and was quickly told that Sys76 would never
>>>> ever under any circumstance share that info with anyone else.  I didn't
>>>> continue the conversation; however, my immediate thought was, "Then why
>>>> collect the info?  What use is it?"
>>>>
>>>>    That one visit left a bad impression with me.  Companies which claim
>>>> privacy ethics withhold the complete truth.  First and foremost the
>>>> company must make money or go out of business.  They will change their
>>>> privacy policy when it suits their bottom line; though, they may offer a
>>>> heart-felt "Funk & Wagnalls Front Porch Mason Jar" opt-out provision.
>>>> You'll have to pay attention and put your opt-out in a mason jar on Funk
>>>> & Wagnalls front porch, a nod to Johnny Carson, for it to take effect.
>>>> This presumes they are actually ethical; you are on your own if they
>>>> aren't.
>>>>
>>>>    Thus, I'm wary of Sys76 and am concerned their products may be as
>>>> poorly thought out as their personal-information gathering.  To
>>>> paraphrase Tom Peters, "When you board a plane, the first thing you do
>>>> after sitting down is to lower the tray table in front of you.  If the
>>>> tray table is dirty you can't help but wonder if the engine maintenance
>>>> done."
>>>>
>>>> Nelson
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 7/10/2010 8:59 AM, Diane Leikvold wrote:
>>>> > I have a Dell mini 9 netbook with a 3 cell battery.  I've had it for
>>>> > about 2 years now.  It gets around 3-4 hours of battery life depending
>>>> > on what you are doing.  I switched from Windows XP to Ubuntu Netbook
>>>> > about 6 weeks ago and I didn't really see too much difference in
>>>> battery
>>>> > life, but it breathed new life into it as far as speed.
>>>> >
>>>> > Kurt : Diane's husband
>>>> >
>>>> > On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 12:46 AM, Jim Hutchinson <
>>>> jim at ubuntu-rocks.org
>>>> > <mailto:jim at ubuntu-rocks.org>> wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >     On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 6:01 PM, David Overcash
>>>> >     <funnylookinhat at gmail.com <mailto:funnylookinhat at gmail.com>>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> >         New details on the Starling:
>>>> >         http://facebook.com/system76
>>>> >
>>>> >         Looks awesome!
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >     Thanks for the tip. Looks pretty cool. Curious what sort of
>>>> battery
>>>> >     life it will get. 3 cell sounds kind of small.
>>>> >
>>>> >     Jim
>>>> >
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