System76 Unveils 'Darter Pro' Linux Laptop With Choice of Ubuntu or Pop!_OS

An anonymous reader writes: Today, System76 unveiled its latest laptop — the 15.6-inch (full-HD) “Darter Pro.” It is thin, but not overly so — it still has USB-A ports (thankfully). The computer is quite modern, however, as it also has a USB-C/Thunderbolt 3 port. It supports Pop!_OS 18.04 LTS (64-bit), Pop!_OS 18.10 (64-bit), or Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (64-bit) operating system. It comes in two variants, with the following processor options: 8th Gen Intel Core i5-8265U: 1.6 up to 3.90 GHz — 6MB Cache — 4 Cores — 8 Threads, or 8th Gen Intel Core i7-8565U: 1.8 up to 4.60 GHz — 8MB Cache — 4 Cores — 8 Threads, with either coupled with Intel UHD Graphics 620 GPU, and up to 32GB Dual Channel DDR4 @ 2400 MHz, and M.2 SATA or PCIe NVMe SSD for storage. As for ports, there is USB 3.1 Type-C with Thunderbolt 3, 2 USB 3.0 Type-A, 1 x USB 2.0, SD Card Reader. The company says it will announce the pricing at a later stage,

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