zonbu $99 linux box tour

[orangefan9]

I hope people don't buy these things.

[jortecus1]

@orangefan9

just that

[kalamarikahunalord]

How can Keanu Reeves be one of your favorite actors if he can't act?

[PunkRck845]

the media player looks like VLC

[IAINMAN96]

i'm writing this comment from my zonbu!!!

[metasuperhyper]

How can it have 20 applications including 30 games?

My linux box came from the flea market and cost 2x less. Its ugly and (pretty) big and it has a 15 gig hard drive and a Pentium 3 and it doesn't even run Cube and its one of those machines that you put horizontally on your desk and stick a CRT on top. But I love it still. Plus its 90% free software, the only non-free parts being an NVIDIA driver that I don't want or need but its still there and JDK 6.

[helotres]

who the hell is zonbu..

[jkfd4567]

okay i dont think anyone gets what zonbu actually is, you pay monthly not for linux but for access to there server where you can store you data, so instead of have a harddrive you have a small flash storage and web server to hold most of you data. I think this is really cool and I personally am looking forward to the upcoming zonbu laptop.

[mybuthurts123456789]

this product is the gayest ever

[sirinferno]

so retarded...

[92days]

cheap computer eh?

[feistygeek]

zonbu office suite?

THIS IS OPEN OFFICE. ZONBU had NOTHING to do with the creation or development of Open Office. Calling it the "Zonbu Office Suite" clearly violates the General Public License (GPL) under which this software was released! This could, and should, land Zonbu in court!  Disgusting!

[benbread]

In what way does it violate the GPL? If Zonbu release the source code for their branding it's fine - In the same way that i'm using IceWeasel on Debian Linux right now; Firefox name and logo is trademarked, because debian only ships with totally free software and firefox source code is open they change the name and logo and release the new code. That's what makes the GPL so great.

[swest666]

Can I add something about the violation of the GPL and the office suite? Look at 4:38. Look at the title bar of the program. It says OpenOffice at the end of the bar, so in this case Zonbu are not endorsing themselves for the word processors, It IS OpenOffice.

[aether141]

You've not actually read the GPL, have you? Self-riteous twunt.

[persecutionservant]

It's ok to do. Google calls it Star Office

[destinlecornu]

A monthly fee for Linux??? Give me a break. The Zonbu OS doesn't look like anything special. It's just GNOME made to look like KDE. Also, what's the deal with frogs?

[weissweiss]

that matrix clip was so apt for what this linux effort is all about

[gwest99]

keanu reeves cant act, but he's your fave actor :-|. i wouldn't buy anything you were selling just because of that comment. LOL

[ericc35]

Ubuntu can do everything the video showed... and it's free... 99 bucks kinda defeat the purpose of "linux". I'd rather pay 99 bucks to get a windows vista home edition to avoid compatibility problem than this...

[42omle]

$99 is for the MACHINE! Hardware AND the OS!

And how, exactly would Windows Vista HE cost $99, anyways?

[ericc35]

First, I need to apologize for not knowing the detail about Zonbu. I thought $99 is for just the OS. If $99 for both machine and OS is definitely a bargain. Just, a monthly fee isn't that appealing to me...

For $99 bucks Vista HE, a local PC store in our area is selling in that price. I am not sure if that's expensive or cheap since I am not planning to upgrade to Vista any time soon.

[ruediix]

A monthly fee for tech support isn't too uncommon with Linux, as you have to realize that most Linux distros pay per incident on tech support.

Of course, Windows doesn't cover Tech support for more than installation either, but then again, Windows still has a stranglehold on the market.

[MoonOvIce]

I never heard of "monthly" pay for the service...you usually just pay once...example, the "supported" version of Open SUSE comes in a nice case and it's $60...that's what you pay for the support but only that time...there's probably kind of like a warranty of course so when it's over I have no idea but you probably can pay again...but not monthly

[MoonOvIce]

...besides if Windows doesn't even have that why would Linux have it?...I think the laptop is better because it comes with a 60GB hard drive (or so it says) so I don't know if you "have" to subscribe to the service for that one...I don't know...

[MoonOvIce]

I have Ubuntu Ultimate...and I can do MUCH more than that...much more...

[felipe562]

the frog really was the most interesting object in this video

¬¬

[alexthehaitian]

Why would i pay $99 to buy it plus $12.95 each month? Paying for Linux do not make any sense. I don't get it

[MoonOvIce]

You're paying for the hardware too...but not even Windows or Mac or any other propietary OS has a "monthly fee" for support...so why should Linux have it?

[Audioslave6556]

hey i got firefox for internet two !!!!!!!!!!1

[joshamcbosha]

lol her favorite actor is keanu reeves

[agoat]

HOLY SHIT TWENTY PROGRAMS

[izzzay]

for the tards saying why pay for linux? im pretty sure the 99$ is for the system not the OS =\, the firefox window looked like it lagged abit,could just be the video,the box at the end was pretty nice like a black mac mini with more style

[megamix]

Paying for Linux kinda beats the purpose of using Linux...

[aduckie]

It's a box.

[MoonOvIce]

Yeah true...but then again, I don't use Linux just because it's free...it's great and way superior than almost any OSs out there...

[shaolindreams]

looks rubbish

[Rue89]

Anyone know where I can find that background?

[marcin32]

ask her

[qsens]

Linux for free and forever :)

[jastat]

This sucks. Why would one want to PAY a subscription for linux. I'm gonna stick to my free linux...

[rubso]

USE KUBUNTU INSTEAD OF ZONBU

[FabioCrow07770]

Computer

[nitemareglitch]

Oh wow, nice!!!

[mubd]

MICROSOFT SHOULD SUE!

[Octamed]

it's a little linux box with flash memory instead of a harddisk. You pay 12.99 a month on top of the $99 so the box itself is like $250

[Shoyz]

Crap.

[mattutubematt]

its an operating system, like windows or macintosh

[HeilFire]

can it use wifi?

[SanDisk123]

you have to pay 12.00 a month...i wonder if you can just buy the system but not the subscription

[plumpspork]

oooooh!

[blogbat]

Nice. I'm sure once Zonbu proves it a works and works out most of the bugs, Microsoft will come along. Actually, Microsoft has been talking about some similar ideas for a few years, but are apparently waiting for someone else to take the risk, after which they'll no doubt steal the fruit thereof.

[jefboyardee]

"Hi, I'm Monica." I wondered what happened to her!

[Arakox]

wow they emphasize on the points that most basic computers already have because everyone has them, lol access any webpage, i'd sure as hell hope so lmao

[notsogeriatric1993]

You know, it could be just a huge frog.

[jefboyardee]

Nice catch, I noticed that too. That and red-eye reduction is kind of pointless on a huge fake frog.

[syafthegeek]

Yup, it's cheap and suitable for Linux beginners.

[JadedBeliever]

Kinda ugly UI but hey its cheap so i guess its ok.

[JackAwful]

Whoa. That looks cool. Cheap too. If I do a commercial, can I get one free?