Posted on 05/20/2019 11:26:18 AM PDT by ShadowAce
System76 computers and the folks at the company are great. Good products, and very helpful and responsive support.
That is where I plan on buying my next one.
Total Cost:
Computer kit from Amazon -- $55.
Wireless keyboard/mouse combo from Amazon -- $20.
Used flat screen monitor from Goodwill -- $10.
The good part is that he got to assemble it himself - more fun than legos.
Yup. I got a RPi running as a Plex media center.
HDMI to VGA adapter from Amazon -- $12
For the XPS, a purchaser would be better of with the latest (8th generation) 13-inch, with the camera at the top of the screen.
DuLL should have it listed “ubuntu” or “new XPS Linux.”
That first one- does the Customer have to uncrate the CPU or do they send a Hardware Tech to do it ?
One more thing... If any of you have a spare disk for Fedora 30, try adding the Deepin environment to Fedora 30.
The Thelios are attractive. I’m tired of this stuff being so generic and boring...
bkmk
What are the Pros and cons?
I’ve installed Linux on many Windows machines as well. Sometimes loss leaders will be sold with Windows on them and they are just fine for Linux.
(Loss leaders and clearance boxen)
My husband is putting his video collection on Plex, but has a lot of trouble with it bogging down. I’m not sure how adding RPi works, but would it help?
Indeed. I got a couple of the more generic units (large and small desktops) a year and a half ago, and they're serving well. I like the new look.
Most commercial desktop software is for Windows. If you have to keep up with that, use Windows.
On the other hand if you live and breathe Unix/Linux, then a Windows environment will be foreign and clumsy. Linux is easier to program to (IMHO).
I’d like to see an environment where one can choose virtually between Linux and Windows and the two can even see into one another’s file system and device spaces.
And older/smaller Windows machines that won't run Win10 worth a cr@p will convert very favorably to Linux and run just fine.
I bought my Toshiba Linux from Linucity a couple of years ago:
http://www.linucity.com/scripts/default.asp
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Recommend? No sure. I ordered and asked for some free program installations.
After a week, I still had not heard anything. I emailed them and asked for the status of my order. I got an email saying ‘It shipped’. No other info. No invoice number. No tracking number. No info on method of transport (FEDEX, UPS, USPS).
It did arrive shortly thereafter — poorly packaged. It did have an instruction sheet inside, with password, but no manual, etc.
Luckily, I have not had any trouble so had no reason to recontact them. It is out of warranty now.
Other than that, it was an okay purchase.
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