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Linux PC builder System76 plans to design, manufacture its own hardware - Liliputing
Submitted via IRC for TheMightyBuzzard
System76 is one of only a handful of PC vendors that exclusively sells computers with Linux-based software. Up until now, that’s meant the company has chosen hardware that it could guarantee would work well with custom firmware and the Ubuntu Linux operating system. But unlike larger PC companies (think Acer, Apple, Asus, Dell, Lenovo, and …
Source: https://liliputing.com/2017/04/linux-pc-builder-system76-plans-design-manufacture-hardware.html [liliputing.com]
System 76 Moves Product Design and Manufacturing in House
News for System 76 fans [system76.com]:
We’re about to build the Model S of computers. Something so brilliant and beautiful that reviewers will have to add an 11 to their scores. Being that we’re System76 and we do things the System76 way, our design principles are polar opposite of the rest of the industry.
--Represent the character of our company
Our company is open, warm, friendly, and high-quality. Our designs reflect these characteristics.
--Represent the Open Source community
Our CAD work will be Open Source and our design will pay tribute to computer science.
--Easy to work on and expand
At every step along the way we ask, “How does this decision affect serviceability”. Open it, change it, expand it. Our product will be flexible.
--Efficient to manufacture
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We’re starting with desktops. There’s a lot to learn and the form factor is easiest to work with. Both design and CAD work are well along their way. We’re prototyping with acrylic and moving to metal soon. Our first in-house designed and manufactured desktops will ship next year. Laptops are more complex and will follow much later.It’s going to take some years, but by the end of phase three, we’ll be able to create anything. We’ll apply our unique computers for creators perspective to every aspect of our products.
