not a support question
moulefrite
offlineMember
I just saw this for 233€
and thought it could be a wonderfull idea to have 100percent integrated Slitaz for this machine ;D
If each gives a little for the purchase of just one of them and offer it to the Slitaz team and if the hardware (webcam;gpu;external screen ...) is fully supported and good quality; then we can say we have an official TazBook with it's logo on it :D and start to ship this computer in our lands.
I start with 30€
Can we start a fundraising project ?
Anonymous
offlineUnregistered
I've never heard of the firm or manufacturer. The website is not native English, therefore they are not an English speaking concern & have not bothered to get their translation checked over. A bit shoddy to my way of thinking. I would not put my money into this project, & certainly not as an 'official' laptop.
(I'd be more inclined to go with a recognised manufacturer if you want to fund raise.)
kultex
offlineKey Master
233€ + shipping + Taxes for a noname s..t -
have a look on the Toshiba Chromebook CB30 299.- € or the Acer C720 229.- € - the price is better and no junk
how linux works on it - http://jeffhoogland.blogspot.de/2014/01/howto-bodhi-linux-on-acer-c720.html
and when bodhi works, slitaz works too..... so you will have your tazbook without fundraising
moulefrite
offlineMember
anyway,
it would be a good idea to brand and offer a fully integrated Slitaz within a nice-looking generic laptop and stick the spider logo on it ;§
And, sorry, once again IF the previous laptop is NOT sh.t , then it would be a good damn beatiful TazBook
Can we propose some laptops and maybe launch a vote ?
BEcause, by now, I have 2 laptops and none of them works out of the box.
Apple is full of success because they did catch what end-users want. Nice and Easy to use
necrophcodr
offlineMember
@mulefrite
Apple didn't "catch" what the end-users want, they specifically designed the system in such a way that it would run great on the very specific hardware that Apple products use. That is not the case with Linux-based distributions, such as SliTaz.
However, if you have had issues with your laptops, what makes you think the one you pointed out would be any different?
kultex
offlineKey Master
and why do I have a Macbook Air - which I had to buy for my work, running Isadora on it - and I do not use it for daily work?
Because I love to have control over my os - so I use my good now 10 years old Toshiba portege R100 with SliTaz and this will continue until this laptop will be broken.
And this is - I think - one of the main reasons Slitaz exists and not selling hardware - there is enough good used hardware around, which is fully supported by linux + slitaz and if you want to use it, perhaps if you have some brain you inform yourself, before you buy.
christophe
offlineMember
If you allow me to jump in, before some misunderstanding generates incomfort for anyone,
Moulefrite, I think the unexpensive LDLC laptops would be a better deal ;)
@ Kultex, I am sure you will agree your recommandation requires both skills and time, in addition to a brain, which at any rate is always helpful and extremely rarely sufficient, by today's most tasks and standards.... :D
As much as I like my (11 years old) Dell C400, (and I really do!) it is nowhere near to the task of my modest 1.4GHz Celeron for a fraction of the original price (granted, with 2 cores and 4GB of Ram, this probably doing most of the job - !!)
kultex
offlineKey Master
Christophe I agree with you, but for me the solution is to make a hardware database in the guides where we recommand tested hardware.....
This will also help for buying used hardware
by the way, what is a LDLC laptops - seems to be just used only in the french part of the world....
Anonymous
offlineUnregistered
I think a lot of people come to Linux when MSWindows slows down their machines, & they are looking for a speed up, then when they have their Linux machine they realise it is a better OS all round, allowing them to do what they want with their computer.
SliTaz has a quite unique position, as it is one of the smallest useful distros of Linux; & let us keep it that way.
moulefrite
offlineMember
germans did the test
http://www.chinahandys.net/mac-air-clone/
it s not a clone as there is no apple logo on it.
Conclusion ; good quality, but no zoom on the touchpad , average battery and wireless signal.
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Slitaz team sells usbkey ; why not TazBooks with everything working out of the box ?
Come on; even the model with a Celeron would be faster than a i5 with Win8. You should just create a good mix between the Live and the home folder onto the HD
moulefrite
offlineMember
Hi,
Its me again (1 year ago !) . I still believe that Slitaz should sponsor a netbook and make a dedicaced flavour for it. A netbook of quality but very cheap. RAM should be no more an issue.
A think that a bunch of people are still looking to but a new netbook but are scared to have compatibility issues ( I bought a 400€ laptop and i give up with Slitaz)
Look at this one, 220€ , no touch screen (so good screen), 32 SSD, ASUS ! perfect !
http://www.ldlc.be/fiche/PB00187462.html
If we make a common fund raising, we can easily offer one to Christophe. Then he can make a demonstration on youtube, we can help him to spam and show to the world that its possible to have quality laptop, with elegant gui, running as fast as a MacBook, but for 220€. A perfect demonstrator which will higher popularity of Slitaz.
moulefrite
offlineMember
To summarize my view.
Lets think about it : Most of Slitaz users are man working or student. Most of us are concerned with MS or Apple intrusion in the private life of users. But still, we are all probably not very poor and we use Slitaz more like a state-of-the-art (like a Mac lover) than a recycle-worried guy.
So why are we still running after the past ? Why are we still concerned by the size of the ISO and the RAM used ? Why dont we be just pragmatic and admit that we just want Slitaz running on a lovely toy (last netbook) rather than a 15 years old IBM ? Why dont we make a hybrid ISO (core running in RAM and the read-only on the SSD ?
Slitaz team should think like MAC (vertical) rather than MS (horizontal), and focus on the most actual hardware and the most used softs (for me Slitaz should be Lxde softs, 1 media player and Firefox (Chrome is a spyware)).
We wont use Slitaz for games and we wont use Slitaz for professional work . So what ? We still use MS on a the pro laptop. Slitaz is for a easy, secure Internet surf and for media on a very portable and sexy laptop. Its more like a passion than a necessity.
I know that i miss LOT of aspects of your huge work that i cant even imagine, but sometimes its good for geeks to be remembered what is import for us (for me ?) , simple mortals ;)
Thx for reading
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