@brion I've never felt so called out for owning a pinebook.
- Purism
- Lemote ("smallish")
- Pine64
- ZaReason
- Clevo
And about several dozen others from Shenzhen, Taipei, Chennai, and Hanoi among other hub cities
@happymoomoo @brion @unlofl Be careful to review though. Yes, there are hundreds of models, but pick only those you know have good Libreboot support
@cypnk @happymoomoo also system76
@restioson @happymoomoo Clevo is the OEM for both System75 and Tuxedo Computers. They just add their own customizations
@cypnk @happymoomoo ah ok, interesting!
@restioson @cypnk @happymoomoo the advantage of tuxedo for me is local support. But for the sake of it, how or where would i order the new ryzen 7 4800h Clevo that they use for tuxedo pulse 15?
@zladuric @restioson @happymoomoo Tuxedo orders barebones from Clevo and install the CPU, RAM etc... themselves
If Clevo does at some point do their own 4800, it will be listed here https://clevo-computer.com/en/laptops-configurator/powered-by-amd-ryzen/
@cypnk @restioson @happymoomoo ah, so that how it works. I was wondering why'd people want you get this stuff like that instead of relying on someone like tuxedo doing the hard work for you.
@cypnk @happymoomoo @brion @unlofl There's also the up and coming MNT Reform which is a very interesting project. https://mntre.com/media/reform_md/2020-05-08-the-much-more-personal-computer.html https://www.crowdsupply.com/mnt/reform
@cypnk @happymoomoo @brion @unlofl
Do tuxedocomputers, system76, schenker count? S76 even has a factory now.
@zladuric There's some cross-pollination in hardware. E.G. System76 and Tuxedo both use Clevo as their OEM, but with different specs (nicer screens, more memory etc...)
@cypnk yes, I'm asking would you count them as Linux vendors?
Especially given that System 76 even has it's own factory to assemble computers:
https://blog.system76.com/post/633063985732796417/behind-the-scenes-of-thelio-mega-engineering
@zladuric Of course they're Linux vendors. In fact I would count any company that sells at least 50% of their hardware in Linux offerings under that label