Litebook Launches A $249 Linux Laptop (zdnet.com)

An anonymous reader writes: It's "like a Chromebook for Linux users on a budget," reports ZDNet. The new 2.9-pound Litebook uses Intel's Celeron N3150 processor and ships with a 14.1-inch display and a 512-gigabyte hard drive with full HD resolution (1,920 x 1,080). For $20 more they'll throw in a 32-gigabyte SSD to speed up your boot time. "Unlike Windows laptops, Litebooks are highly optimized, come without performance hogging bloatware, [are] designed to ensure your privacy, and are entirely free of malware and viruses," writes the company's web site. They also add that their new devices "are affordable, customizable, and are backwards compatible with Windows software."

Comments

Re:FUCK LINUX

[lucm]

2017 and still solving the same fucking problems for the last 10 years

This is not true at all. Now with systemd there's a whole new set of problems.

Re:What kind of budget?

[lucm]

Where is the breakthrough here?

You can glue an Apple logo on it and nobody at Starbucks will be able to tell that it's not a Macbook, as long as you pick blurry fonts and remember not to maximize windows.

Re:512 gigabyte hard drive?

[guacamole]

In fact, there is no mechanical HDD with full HD resolution (1,920 x 1,080) either.