[PLUG] Intel Re: Pacific Solutions is going out of business

Michael Rasmussen michael at jamhome.us
Thu Apr 28 23:06:26 UTC 2016


On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 03:59:34PM -0700, Keith Lofstrom wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 11:16:55AM -0700, Paul Heinlein wrote:
>  ... many reasons omitted ...
> > I'll leave it to others to assess the good and the bad in those
> > changes, but I don't think the Fry's and Amazon are the main
> > drivers.
> 
> As a Linux user, deploying my own customized machines,
> this worries me.  Most of Fry's desktops are gaming
> machines, noisy powerhogs.  It is difficult to find a new
> sound-dampening desktop case suitable for a quiet office.
> 
> 
> There may be a silver lining - when cheap generic 
> motherboard systems are no longer available for Linux,
> perhaps we will finally knuckle down and design our own
> open-source custom chips and hardware, optimized for
> Linux, communications, and secure computing. 
> 
> 16 kbit modulo integer arithmetic processors, perhaps? 
> A few million transistors added to a gigatransistor CPU.
> 
> This won't be cheap, but there are many Linux professionals
> around the world, so there might be a business case for a
> few competitive suppliers of professional Linux hardware.

Antec cases for quiet and Newegg for systems geared toward home theater use.
Those are the ways to avoid the gamer tilted selling.

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      Michael Rasmussen, Portland Oregon  
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