| Mini-ITX vendor pre-installs Ubuntu |
Apr. 10, 2008
An online retailer specializing in mini-ITX boards, systems, and accessories has started selling mini-ITX and pico-ITX systems pre-installed with Ubuntu Linux. Logic Supply says that as a Canonical Solution Provider partner, it has staff ready to support approved systems under the popular desktop and server Linux OS.
In a posting on the company's corporate weblog, the company's resident graphic artist, Kristina Drobny, reported that the company tested many of the mini-ITX and pico-ITX products that it distributes, in order to determine which work best with Ubuntu. To be supported, boards were required to:- Boots without errors
- All peripherals recognized and function correctly
- Graphical user interface functions correctly -- desktop displays properly and standard screen resolutions are supported and display correctly
- Audio device works correctly
The $300
"Artigo" pico-ITX kit --
ready for Ubuntu
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So far, boards approved through the program include:- VIA EPIA PX10000G (VIA VX700 chipset)
- MSI MS-7265 (Intel 945GM chipset)
- MSI MS-9642 (Intel 945GM chipset)
- IEI KINO-9452 (Intel 945GM chipset)
- Jetway J9F2-KHDE (Intel 945GM chipset)
- MSI MS-9803 (Intel GM965 chipset)
- VIA EPIA SN (VIA CN896 chipset)
The news comes just days after industrial PC vendor Ampro announced plans to distribute Ubuntu with every one of its board-level system products. Board vendors, board distributors, chip vendors... these days, everyone's a Linux distributor! And that's a good thing. I mean, 15 years ago, you paid $15,000 or more for a copy of Unix that didn't work as well as Linux does today.
Kristina's blog post with more details can be found here.
--Henry Kingman
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