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- | What’s the story behind System76? | + | ===== 1 ===== |
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+ | **What’s the story behind System76? | ||
System76 started ten years ago with a goal to make high-quality computers born to run Linux, and that respected the user. The name is based off of the year of U.S. independence, | System76 started ten years ago with a goal to make high-quality computers born to run Linux, and that respected the user. The name is based off of the year of U.S. independence, | ||
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Red Hat and SUSE were tested, but weren’t adopted due to various factors. A distribution called “Yoper” was almost adopted, but ultimately passed over due to a lack of commercial support. Finally, Ubuntu was selected, although it was decided over the course of a few months. The community, OEM support as necessary, accessibility for non-techies, | Red Hat and SUSE were tested, but weren’t adopted due to various factors. A distribution called “Yoper” was almost adopted, but ultimately passed over due to a lack of commercial support. Finally, Ubuntu was selected, although it was decided over the course of a few months. The community, OEM support as necessary, accessibility for non-techies, | ||
- | Carl has a more detailed blog post about the beginning of the company: http:// | + | Carl has a more detailed blog post about the beginning of the company: http:// |
- | Does System76 have any plans to offer Linux alternatives such as Mint? Or, better still, let people choose a distro while buying. | + | Racontez-nous l' |
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+ | Quand System76 a débuté il y a dix ans, son objectif était la fabrication d' | ||
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+ | System76 se concentre largement sur son matériel et s' | ||
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+ | GNU/Linux et la communauté Open Source méritaient un fabriquant de produits de qualité. Et nous pensions que les avantages de Linux et de ses outils étaient mal desservis. On pensait également qu'une entreprise forte et une équipe derrière Linux qui prônait les outils Open source disponibles, | ||
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+ | Nous avons testé Red Hat et SUSE, mais ne les avons pas adoptés à cause de divers facteurs. On a failli adopter une distribution appelée « Yoper », mais nous l' | ||
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+ | Carl propose un billet de blog plus détaillé qui parle des débuts de la société : http:// | ||
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+ | **Does System76 have any plans to offer Linux alternatives such as Mint? Or, better still, let people choose a distro while buying. | ||
Having a variety of Linux distros for users to choose from was a feature that the founders investigated exhaustively. In the end, they realized that the best way to spread Linux (and FOSS), was to eliminate any potential for decision overload that could occur with requiring new Linux-users to choose among all the different distros. | Having a variety of Linux distros for users to choose from was a feature that the founders investigated exhaustively. In the end, they realized that the best way to spread Linux (and FOSS), was to eliminate any potential for decision overload that could occur with requiring new Linux-users to choose among all the different distros. | ||
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Still, the distro debate is ongoing, and very passionate. Even within our own office, each member of the staff has their own flavor of choice. For System76, our end goal is to empower the maker movement with the highest quality hardware, manage firmware and compatibility testing so that users don’t have to, and grow the network of Linux supporters by introducing everyday users to the power of open source software. | Still, the distro debate is ongoing, and very passionate. Even within our own office, each member of the staff has their own flavor of choice. For System76, our end goal is to empower the maker movement with the highest quality hardware, manage firmware and compatibility testing so that users don’t have to, and grow the network of Linux supporters by introducing everyday users to the power of open source software. | ||
- | Having said that, we are looking at providing all the documentation that is generated whilst we are working on hardware support, device drivers, etc., to our customers and fans. Currently, testing every distro would stretch us too thin. With that documentation, | + | Having said that, we are looking at providing all the documentation that is generated whilst we are working on hardware support, device drivers, etc., to our customers and fans. Currently, testing every distro would stretch us too thin. With that documentation, |
- | Does System76 intend to open a European/ | + | System76 envisage-t-il de proposer des alternatives Linux telles que Mint ? Ou, encore mieux, permettre aux gens de choisir une distrib. pendant leur achat ? |
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+ | Proposer une variété de distrib. Linux parmi lesquelles les utilisateurs pouvaient choisir était une fonctionnalité que les fondateurs ont examinée à fond. Finalement, ils se sont rendu compte que la meilleure façon de répandre Linux (et les Logiciels libres) était d' | ||
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+ | Ce qui finalement importait à System76, c' | ||
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+ | Toutefois, le débat concernant les distrib. continue et est très passionné. Même au sein de notre propre bureau, chaque employé a son parfum préféré. L' | ||
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+ | Cela étant dit, nous examinons la possibilité de fournir toute la documentation générée pendant que nous travaillons sur la prise en charge du matériel, les pilotes de périphériques, | ||
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+ | **Does System76 intend to open a European/ | ||
We don't have any “shops” at the moment, our only physical location that we have is our office here in Denver. This is largely because our machines are custom built to order online and don't warrant a physical location. However, we do ship all over the world and will continue to do so, you can see specifically where we ship here: https:// | We don't have any “shops” at the moment, our only physical location that we have is our office here in Denver. This is largely because our machines are custom built to order online and don't warrant a physical location. However, we do ship all over the world and will continue to do so, you can see specifically where we ship here: https:// | ||
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If we ship there (see question about shipping above), then you get the same shake as anyone else who orders. We have many customers outside of the U.S., all over the world in fact. We work very hard to provide the same level of service and support to them as our U.S. customers. We are very proud of all the places we’ve sent System76 devices to, and hope to continue to grow to be able to serve customers in even more places in the years to come. | If we ship there (see question about shipping above), then you get the same shake as anyone else who orders. We have many customers outside of the U.S., all over the world in fact. We work very hard to provide the same level of service and support to them as our U.S. customers. We are very proud of all the places we’ve sent System76 devices to, and hope to continue to grow to be able to serve customers in even more places in the years to come. | ||
- | If you want to see if we ship to your country, check out https:// | + | If you want to see if we ship to your country, check out https:// |
- | Do you have a team who are always working on the support documentation? | + | System76 a-t-il l' |
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+ | Nous n' | ||
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+ | Ou même de vendre du matériel System76 au moyen des marchands en ligne, comme Amazon ? | ||
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+ | La vente de nos produits par le biais d' | ||
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+ | Pour des gens hors des États-Unis qui voudraient acheter un ordinateur System76, quid des garanties, des retours, etc. ? | ||
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+ | Si on livre à cet endroit-là (voir ci-dessus), les acheteurs ont les mêmes droits que les autres personnes qui passent des commandes. Nous avons de très nombreux clients en dehors des États-Unis, | ||
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+ | Si vous voulez savoir si nous livrons dans votre pays, regardez sur https:// | ||
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+ | **Do you have a team who are always working on the support documentation? | ||
What a great question, and well timed too! In the past we have worked hard on providing documentation through many avenues to our customers. But, as of late, we have undertaken a really fantastic project that will not only serve our customers, but everyone in the Linux community. | What a great question, and well timed too! In the past we have worked hard on providing documentation through many avenues to our customers. But, as of late, we have undertaken a really fantastic project that will not only serve our customers, but everyone in the Linux community. | ||
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Any plans to make 13” laptops for us travellers? | Any plans to make 13” laptops for us travellers? | ||
- | Both Carl and myself (Ryan) are big fans of this form-factor. Right now I use the 14” Lemur and am in love with it. It is light, powerful, and a really great machine - worthy to tag-along with any traveller (I travel quite a lot between Denver, Kansas City, and various conferences). I would recommend this to someone who wants an awesome travel companion today. | + | Both Carl and myself (Ryan) are big fans of this form-factor. Right now I use the 14” Lemur and am in love with it. It is light, powerful, and a really great machine - worthy to tag-along with any traveller (I travel quite a lot between Denver, Kansas City, and various conferences). I would recommend this to someone who wants an awesome travel companion today.** |
- | What about docking stations? Not a USB one, but a proper one like Dell/Lenovo do. | + | |
+ | Y a-t-il une équipe qui ne travaille que sur la documentation assistance ? | ||
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+ | Quelle question géniale et posée au bon moment, qui plus est ! Par le passé, nous avons travaillé dur pour fournir de la documentation à nos clients de beaucoup de façons différentes. Mais, récemment, nous avons entrepris un projet vraiment fantastique qui sera utile non seulement à nos clients, mais à toute la communauté Linux. | ||
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+ | Nous travaillons sur http:// | ||
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+ | Y a-t-il un moyen de chatter avec les techniciens/ | ||
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+ | Oui ! Vous pouvez chatter avec nous en direct sur notre site Web : https:// | ||
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+ | Envisagez-vous de fabriquer des ordinateurs portables 13" pour nous, les voyageurs ? | ||
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+ | Carl et moi (Ryan) sommes tous les deux des fans de ce format. Actuellement, | ||
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+ | **What about docking stations? Not a USB one, but a proper one like Dell/Lenovo do. | ||
We are doing extensive testing of USB docking stations for those who already have machines and want to use one. As for the future, we are working on this and I imagine we will have more to say on that front as our next generation of products is announced. We are very aware that many of our customers want this. We hear you, and we are working to make it happen. | We are doing extensive testing of USB docking stations for those who already have machines and want to use one. As for the future, we are working on this and I imagine we will have more to say on that front as our next generation of products is announced. We are very aware that many of our customers want this. We hear you, and we are working to make it happen. | ||
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What about a phone? Would System76 be interested in making an Ubuntu phone? | What about a phone? Would System76 be interested in making an Ubuntu phone? | ||
- | What an interesting question (grin). We have looked at the possibility of making a phone and weighed doing this a number of times since the Ubuntu touch/ | + | What an interesting question (grin). We have looked at the possibility of making a phone and weighed doing this a number of times since the Ubuntu touch/ |
- | Is there anything in the System76 pipeline that you can tell us about? | + | Quid des stations d' |
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+ | Nous faisons des essais approfondis de stations d' | ||
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+ | System76, envisage-t-il de fabriquer des mini-PC qui s' | ||
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+ | De quelle taille mini parlons-nous ? Le Meerkat est un très petit PC que j' | ||
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+ | Si vous cherchez un ordinateur de bureau qui prend le moins de place possible, choisissez notre Sable tout-en-un. Il est beau et n'a besoin que de la place prise par la plupart d' | ||
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+ | Quid d'un téléphone ? Est-ce que la fabrication d'un Ubuntu phone pourrait intéresser System76 ? | ||
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+ | Quelle question intéressante (sourire) ! Nous avons examiné la possibilité de fabriquer un téléphone et avons eu envie de le faire de nombreuses fois depuis que le projet Ubuntu/ | ||
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+ | **Is there anything in the System76 pipeline that you can tell us about? | ||
We definitely have some amazing products in our pipeline, but unfortunately we can’t talk about them in detail (yet)! Our R&D department has been producing some really awesome stuff in our new “secret lab”. The end of the year through 2017 should serve to be a very exciting time for everyone who shares our desire for great devices running open source software. So I would ask everyone reading this to pay attention to what we’re doing and follow us online! | We definitely have some amazing products in our pipeline, but unfortunately we can’t talk about them in detail (yet)! Our R&D department has been producing some really awesome stuff in our new “secret lab”. The end of the year through 2017 should serve to be a very exciting time for everyone who shares our desire for great devices running open source software. So I would ask everyone reading this to pay attention to what we’re doing and follow us online! | ||
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Thank you for taking the time to answer these readers’ questions. | Thank you for taking the time to answer these readers’ questions. | ||
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+ | NEXT MONTH: WIRE DEVELOPERS | ||
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+ | In case you didn't know: Wire (the messenger which has mobile and desktop apps that can do audio/video calls and text messaging) is now on Linux! | ||
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+ | https:// | ||
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+ | To bring you up to speed (basically a TL;DR): Wire runs on Android/ | ||
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+ | This is where you come in: is there anything you'd like to ask the developers of Wire? Maybe something about privacy, or upcoming features? Even if they use Linux. It's entirely up to you. Email you questions to: ronnie@fullcirclemagazine.org and I'll pass them along. | ||
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+ | For more info on Wire's privacy: https:// | ||
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+ | Y a-t-il d' | ||
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+ | Il y a des produits vraiment époustouflants en préparation, | ||
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+ | Twitter : @system76. | ||
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+ | Google+ : https:// | ||
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+ | Facebook : https:// | ||
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+ | Je vous remercie d' | ||
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+ | LE MOIS PROCHAIN : WIRE DEVELOPERS | ||
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+ | Au cas où vous ne seriez pas au courant : Wire (la messagerie instantanée qui a des applis mobile et bureau et peut faire des appels audio/video et des SMS) se trouve maintenant sur Linux ! | ||
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+ | C'est ici que vous entrez en scène : avez-vous des questions pour les développeurs de Wire ? Peut-être quelque chose sur la vie privée ou les fonctionnalités à venir ? Même si, eux, ils utilisent Linux. C'est à vous de voir. Envoyez-moi vos questions à ronnie@fullcirclemagazine.org et je les ferai suivre. | ||
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+ | Pour plus de détails sur la vie privée chez Wire : https:// | ||
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