System76 Will Start Designing and Building Its Own Linux Laptops in January 2020

Re:System76 Will Start Designing and Building Its Own Linux ... by davidmurdoch on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @02:28PM (#21587494)

One of the reasons I didn't get a System76 machine was because of how Pop!_os is branded. Everything about its branding, from the name itself to even the footer background on the website looks like a complete joke to me.

Of course, maybe there is a demographic that is in to this sort of branding, but I bet it's more of a detriment to overall sales than anything.

Is the OS as full of seconds-long bouncy animations and bubble letter finds as the branding and website makes it look? If so, can animations be reduced or disabled?

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Re:System76 Will Start Designing and Building Its Own Linux ... by zozbot234 on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @03:31PM (#21588159)

That might actually be a reason to get a system76 machine, since I expect that the stock OS can be replaced with very few issues. Debian GNU/Linux is a lot leaner and meaner than Ubuntu or PopOS (which don't seem to differ significantly in their branding anyway).

(Even Fedora or CentOS are not nearly as comfortable to use in my experience, although they might be preferable in other ways!)

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Re:System76 Will Start Designing and Building Its Own Linux ... by 7thaccount on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @06:33PM (#21589806)

You can select either Ubuntu LTS or POP!_OS when building a System76 computer.

I built one with PoPOS (however you spell it) about 6-8 months ago and absolutely love it. I've previously used Xubuntu, Linux Mint, and Fedora and PoP!OS had a lot of the things everyone installed already taken care of and the UI is useful, but minimalistic.

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Re:System76 Will Start Designing and Building Its Own Linux ... by tlb on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @03:30PM (#21588142)

Change the background picture and turn off animations with gnome-tweaks and it's quite inoffensive.

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