The creators of free laptop Novena collect funds for the project

Funds collected at the start of mass production of the laptop with open hardware and software, which is called Novena. This project has been repeatedly taken to a page Habra, and last year it pretty described in detail .

For a long time the fate of the project was unclear, but now is collecting funds to start production Novena , and only need 250 thousand dollars. By the way, has already collected 235,000 dollars, and to the end of raising a further 13 days. In general, the probability that the agent will collect - nearly 100%.

It is worth recalling that the idea of ​​this device is that the platform itself, documentation and guidance for the creation of software for Novena (including already created) to be opened. So what of the components can be gathered not only the laptop (with any size display case and a set of components), but also a router, and everything else that just wants.

Novena is based on 1, 2 gigahertz quad ARM processor < / a> and Xilinx FPGA . But special distribution Linux for this notebook.

Any "investor" can donate funds to the project. For $ 25 you can get a T-shirt with the logo of the project.



$ 500 - motherboard with 4 GB of RAM, 4 GB microSD card, WiFi module based Ath9k, HDMI and other connectors. Wait for 6 months after the completion of the campaign.



For 1195 dollars get all-in-one notebook with Full HD (1920x1080) IPS matrix + pair of buns. Wait 7 months after the end of the campaign.



1995 dollars and get another battery, battery controller, 240 SSD. Keyboards not, as the authors believe that every customer will use its own keyboard. Wait 8 months after the end of the campaign.



Over 5 thousand dollars "investor" receives a laptop with design case made of wood and aluminum, as well as 480 GB Intel 730 SSD. Wait 9 months after the end of the campaign.

Detailed specifications of each item available at page project .



Source: habrahabr.ru/post/221901/