Just received my Zonbu PC

[bidi]

I started a thread a few weeks ago about people's feeling on it, but since I didn't get any response, and because I can't find the old one, I'm starting this now that I received the one I bought.

I got it last night, but only had time to install everything today! I gotta say, it's really small (I got the MiniPC). So far it's really good, the OS uses XFCE as the desktop env, but I didn't recognize it until I dropped down to the terminal to check which processes were running. It took me a little while to get it going since I had to figure out how to enable to "free edition" of the OS, having to drop down to the CLI and typing in a command (they really need a better way of doing that).

The specs are pretty minimal: 1.2GHz VIA C7, 512MB RAM, 4GB CF card posing as HD (I actually bought a few extra CF cards to just swap cards to change distros).

I've only used it for a few hours now, but I seriously think it has potential to be a desktop replacement (I mostly browse the net and some eventual compiling).

All in all, for $300 I think it was a really good buy, and I recommend if all you want is do basic computer operations (it's definitely not for gamers).

[seth556]

How much are you having to pay each month?

[bidi]

Oh, I guess I forgot to mention! I got the "no strings attached" one, which cost $300 and no monthly plan. With a coupon code I found (5OFF) it actually cost a little less than $300. This is why I had to enable the "free edition" version.

I also forgot the mention that the distro is a Gentoo-based one.