Does anyone have a System76 Meerkat?

[DoYouKubuntu]

Just wondering if anyone here has a Meerkat from System76, as I'm contemplating getting one. It looks great: tiny footprint, nice options, etc. But I like hearing personal experience with things I haven't tried before! Anyone?

FWIW, I already have one System76 product, its Kudu Professional laptop--which I love. (Of course, after I received it, I put Kubuntu on it. )

[vinnywright]

dont have the Meerkat ,,,,but that dose look nice and I would wager that it works well .

what I do have ,,,,,and am mighty pleased with is a bonobo extreme

vinny@vinny-Bonobo-Extreme:~$ inxi -Fz
System:    Host: vinny-Bonobo-Extreme Kernel: 4.4.0-11-generic x86_64 (64 bit) Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.4.3
           Distro: Ubuntu 16.04 xenial
Machine:   System: System76 (portable) product: Bonobo Extreme v: bonx8
           Mobo: System76 model: Bonobo Extreme v: bonx8 Bios: American Megatrends v: 4.6.5 date: 04/15/2014
CPU:       Quad core Intel Core i7-4910MQ (-HT-MCP-) cache: 8192 KB 
           clock speeds: max: 3900 MHz 1: 2895 MHz 2: 3267 MHz 3: 3123 MHz 4: 2946 MHz 5: 2850 MHz 6: 3600 MHz
           7: 3072 MHz 8: 2892 MHz
Graphics:  Card: NVIDIA GK104M [GeForce GTX 860M]
           Display Server: X.Org 1.18.1 driver: nvidia Resolution: 1920x1080@60.01hz
           GLX Renderer: GeForce GTX 860M/PCIe/SSE2 GLX Version: 4.5.0 NVIDIA 361.28
Audio:     Card-1 Intel 8 Series/C220 Series High Definition Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel
           Card-2 NVIDIA GK104 HDMI Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.4.0-11-generic
Network:   Card-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller driver: r8169
           IF: enp3s0f2 state: down mac: <filter>
           Card-2: Intel Wireless 3160 driver: iwlwifi
           IF: wlp4s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 1500.3GB (32.2% used) ID-1: /dev/sda model: HGST_HTS725050A7 size: 500.1GB
           ID-2: /dev/sdb model: HGST_HTS721010A9 size: 1000.2GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 53G used: 18G (37%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda6
           ID-2: swap-1 size: 4.29GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda2
RAID:      No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 53.0C mobo: N/A gpu: 51C
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info:      Processes: 270 Uptime: 23:49 Memory: 1676.6/15998.2MB Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 2.2.35

17" 1080P back lit lappy with a hyper threaded quad core that pushes 3.9GHz and a 8MB L3 cache

it still has the origanal Ubuntu-14.04 instalation + Kubuntu-14.04 , Kubuntu-16.04 , Debian-8-KDE and Netrunner-17 on it ,,,,,,,



VINNY

[DoYouKubuntu]

Hey, Vinny, here's mine:

$ inxi -Fz
System:    Host: System76 Kernel: 3.13.0-77-generic x86_64 (64 bit) Desktop: KDE 4.13.3 Distro: Ubuntu 14.04 trusty
Machine:   System: System76 (portable) product: Kudu Professional version: kudp1b
           Mobo: System76 model: Kudu Professional version: kudp1b
           Bios: American Megatrends version: 1.03.05RS762 date: 06/23/2014
CPU:       Dual core Intel Core i5-4210M CPU (-HT-MCP-) cache: 3072 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) 
           Clock Speeds: 1: 800.00 MHz 2: 800.00 MHz 3: 2500.00 MHz 4: 800.00 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Intel 4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller 
           X.Org: 1.15.1 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1920x1080@60.0hz 
           GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Haswell Mobile GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 10.1.3
Audio:     Card-1: Intel 8 Series/C220 Series High Definition Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel 
           Card-2: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor HD Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel 
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ver: k3.13.0-77-generic
Network:   Card-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller driver: r8169 
           IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
           Card-2: Intel Wireless 3160 driver: iwlwifi 
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 3000.6GB (45.6% used) 1: id: /dev/sda model: HGST_HTS541010A9 size: 1000.2GB 
           2: USB id: /dev/sdb model: Transcend size: 1000.2GB 3: USB id: /dev/sdc model: Transcend size: 1000.2GB 
Partition: ID: / size: 46G used: 17G (38%) fs: ext4 ID: /home size: 230G used: 60G (28%) fs: ext4 
           ID: swap-1 size: 4.29GB used: 0.14GB (3%) fs: swap 
RAID:      No RAID devices detected - /proc/mdstat and md_mod kernel raid module present
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 14.0C mobo: N/A 
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A 
Info:      Processes: 189 Uptime: 1 day Memory: 2095.4/3874.0MB Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 1.9.17

As usual, I'm a couple releases behind...I should say AT LEAST a couple! Upgrading the OS is never a high priority for me.

I absolutely love my S76 laptop, and when it's time to replace another one (or just add another one!), it'll definitely be another S76.

[Rod J]

That Meerkat is impressive. I want one!

I like that you can even mount it on the back of your monitor for even more space saving. I live in a caravan so space is always a premium for me.

[DoYouKubuntu]

That Meerkat is impressive. I want one!

Me too!

I like that you can even mount it on the back of your monitor for even more space saving. I live in a caravan so space is always a premium for me.

If/when I buy one, I'll only have a monitor hooked up long enough to get its disks set up the way I want, Kubuntu installed, and networking working, then it'll just sit there humming along.

[vinnywright]

like I said , that meerkat looks nice for the $ ,,,,,,and small and I will wager quiet.

yes I to will be getting more of their products when the time comes .

VINNY