Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Bodhi Linux Powered Tablet/Netbook Give Away

Bodhi Linux 1.2.0 has been out of the gate for a full week now and I must say we are truly pleased with the response we have received. There has been a spike of new users present on our forums and our ISO image has seen over 16,000 downloads in this week's worth of time. We have also garnered more than a little bit of notice on Distro Watch, managing to snag the #1 position for the 7 day time span:


Something you may not know is that unlike many Ubuntu derivatives, Bodhi maintains it's own repositories. While these are vital to our operation they are costly. Our operating costs are now over 100 USD per month. My post today is simply to ask that if you are using Bodhi and like what you see please consider sending us a donation.

Well, that is not all this post is about.

If you've stopped by my blog recently then you may know that I recently acquired a Dell Duo while I waited for my Asus tablet to return to a working state. I'd like to offer a little bit of incentive to send us a donation. Starting today for every 5$ you donate to the Bodhi project your name will be entered (EG: 10$ = 2 entries) in a raffle to have a chance to win a less than one month old Dell Inspiron Duo tablet/netbook hybrid pre-configured with Bodhi Linux. The retail value on this unit is 600$.


Tech Specs on the Unit for those interested:

CPU
CPU Type
Intel Atom
CPU Speed
N570(1.66GHz)
Chipset
Chipset
Intel NM10
CPU
CPU L2 Cache
512KB x 2
Display
Screen Size
10.1"
LCD Features
Capacitive Multi-touch technology
Resolution
1366 x 768
Graphics
GPU/VPU
Intel GMA 3150
Video Memory
Shared system memory
Hard Drive
HDD
320GB
HDD RPM
7200rpm
Memory
Memory
2GB
Memory Speed
DDR3 800
Memory Type
204-Pin DDR3 SO-DIMM
Memory Spec
2GB x 1
Memory Slot (Total)
1
Memory Slot (Available)
0
Communications
WLAN
802.11n Wireless LAN
Bluetooth
Bluetooth 3.0
Ports
USB
2
Audio Ports
1 x Microphone jack; 1 x Headphone jack
Audio
Audio
2 X 1W speakers for total of 2W standard
Supplemental Drive
Card Reader
7 in 1 Card Reader with Audio Station Only
Webcam
1.3MP
Power
Battery
4-cell Lithium Ion Battery (29 WHr)
Battery Life
up to 4 hours
Physical spec
Dimensions
11.22" x 7.66" x 1.03" - 1.13"
Weight
3.39 lbs.

I will be holding the window for entries open for at least four weeks and we will not select a winner until we have at least 200 entries. Also, please be aware that if you are selected as the winner and shipping costs from Chicago to your home exceed 50$ you will be expected to cover the excess (50$ should be more than enough, but some countries have outrageous import fees).  Included with the tablet is the optional speaker dock.

So, if you have been thinking about sending us a donation then now is the right time! Oh, and in case you missed it our donation page can be found here. If you prefer to send a donation via check instead of paypal please contact me directly for my mailing address. When we do select a winner it will be posted on this blog as well.

Finally, in addition to funding the server costs mentioned above for many months, if this donation drive is successful it will also subsidize the cost of a Trim Slice unit to make the development of Bodhi for ARM more practical.

Cheers,
~Jeff Hoogland

7 comments:

  1. Nice initiative! Good luck with that :).

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  2. Very awesome indeed! I hope I win!

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  3. Wow, your donations shot through the roof last month...

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  4. If our costs remain about the same we should be funded for the next year :D

    A winner will be pull by Monday for the raffle.

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  5. Hi Jeff

    I would like to translate the bodhi to Hindi language which is supported by the Ubuntu. Can you guide to contribute to Bodhi Linux?
    Any direction will be helpful or if there is already Hindi support available for Bodhilinux.

    Waiting for your reply.

    Thanks
    Kulveer Singh

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    1. Please contact Mark@LinuxIsIt.com , he is the head of our docs and can guide you on getting Bodhi docs translated to your language of choice.

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