I’d like to extend a massive thank you to the SolusOS Community.
For those who are unaware, I recently decided to make my computing situation public knowledge so that everyone was on the same page. I only wanted people to know why sometimes I may be limited in what I can do with regards to processing power, etc.
Thats where the surprise comes from. Not content just to reply with “Ah its ok, we feel for ya, just take it easy”. Oh no, not the SolusOS users 
They truly went the extra mile. I’m unsure if they want their names mentioned here yet but if so I’ll edit this post to properly pay my respects.
My old computer, which is where virtually all SolusOS development work takes place, was a Dell Inspiron laptop. it had 3.6GB RAM, 1GHz Dual-Core AMD C-60 APU, and an AMD Radeon HD 6290. Couple this lack of computing power with the Broadcom wifi chip, you got yourself the worlds most Linux unfriendly laptop The SolusOS Community aren’t content to see their developer take a bit longer though, they invested in SolusOS itself, a true rarity.
I’m now using a quad-core (x2.4Ghz, x3Ghz O/C) with 8GB RAM, an nVidia 9800GT (a GTS 450 is on its way), with a 64GB Kingston SSD to boot. In a nut-shell its stupidly fast. People have made donations for me to obtain all the pieces required to build a monster rig to ensure quality in SolusOS development. A brannd new case, keyboard, mouse, bluetooth dongle were all bought, and other components are on the way. There is even an offer to get me real broadband so that there is no limiting factor in SolusOS Development.
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- The community funded dev rig. Awesomeness in a box.
Basically, I can never thank any of you enough. Per the title, the power of a community is often underrated, and usaully only comes to light when a community is dissatisfied with The Powers That Be. In this instance however the community have all pulled together as one to ensure the quality and longevity of the system they use. SolusOS is nothing without any of you. To anyone helping me, the project, in any way, shape, or form, I thank you from the bottom of my heart. SolusOS is yours.
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People know “the next great thing” when they see it Ikey. What you are seeing is not only gratitude for your spectacular work and vision, you are seeing absolute mutiny from the good ships Gnome 3 and Unity. Combined, these entities disrupted the work flow of hundreds of thousands of users, if not millions. Your work is a return to sanity and people are willing to do what it takes to pave the road leading there.
So, in the scheme of things, are we acting selfishly in mking this happen for SolusOS? Probably, but in the end, it doesn’t matter. What does matter is that one person took the initiative to make a change and others grabbed the rope to help you pull.
Investment in the future is not a new concept. But to see it so motivated and driven in a relatively new and small project like SolusOS, with the community organising itself, now that’s something. Speaks volumes for the future
Fantastic!!!!
SolusOS Community is pure awesome
The Power of Community is now The power of SolusOS
Indeed Yoyo!
You have earned the respect of all for your incredible work and humility. We do not hesitate to support you and the development of SolusOS because we believe that this distro will become one of the most respected by the Linux community in short time.
We will also have the pride to say “we are part of it.”
Thanks for your great work.
Thank you hug0. Nice to be a part of the family
:’) I love you!
Not sure how my girlfriend would react to that Turbine! lol
Ikey
We are but spokes in the wheel, without you and your fellow developers,the hub, the wheel could not exist. We are all here because we want to be, we want SolusOS to be number one in the minds of Linux users everywhere. I am sure that the people who helped out with equipment etc, know who they are and you know who they are. That should be sufficient. Keep up the good work and know that we are all behind you.
Thank you very much Fred. What I’m now able to achieve…
I used to compile the kernel for SolusOS in 2-3 hours (if I was lucky)
It now takes 17 minutes!
I really don’t like the idea of a GNOME 3 fork, which I heard you were going to use (although not from a reliable source.) Can you just use MATE instead? GNOME 3 is so scary… a fork of 3 seems to be the harder option, when MATE is much closer to our needs.
I’m not sure who you speak for when you say “our”, ArchZombie. I think you’ll find we investigated all options.
We’re not using Gnome Shell we’re still using a panel, metacity, etc. You have no reason to have any fears
Will the GNOME 3 variant preform as horribly as did GNOME 3 default?
I remember getting half FPS with GNOME 3, vs MATE or GNOME 3.
Is this FPS drop due to GNOME shell? Or just GNOME 3 in general?
We use Metacity and not Mutter which required hardware acceleration.
Be just like using GNOME 2
That worked out very well. I am happy to hear the good news. However, regarding “you got yourself the worlds most Linux unfriendly laptop” – Try a Medion with 64 bit AMD chip and a Winbond wireless card. it;s impossible to get that thing connected to the Internet without cable. Even ndiswrapper can’t generate the correct driver for Winbod.
Wow I take that back!