While everyone is enjoying the beautiful summer weather, there is something quite terrifying for children on the horizon — school. Yeah, summer vacation will be over before they know it, and it is already time to do back-to-school shopping. While buying pencils and three-ring binders is boring, shopping for a new laptop for can be a lot of fun.<\/b>
\nWhile everyone is enjoying the beautiful summer weather, there is something quite terrifying for children on the horizon — school. Yeah, summer vacation will be over before they know it, and it is already time to do back-to-school shopping. While buying pencils and three-ring binders is boring, shopping for a new laptop for can be a lot of fun. Thankfully, students in 2021 don’t have to use an old-school Windows notebook like their dad or grandad. Instead, kids can use Linux to optimize their education. After all, Linux is more hip and cool than Windows 11 can ever be. To paraphrase now-deceased First Lady Nancy Reagan, children should \u00ab\u00a0just say no\u00a0\u00bb to waiting for a laptop running the upcoming Windows 11. Today, an all-new affordable Linux laptop is announced, and it should be perfect for education — for both students and educators. The 14-inch \u00ab\u00a0Kubuntu Focus XE,\u00a0\u00bb as the name implies, comes with the Ubuntu-based Kubuntu 20.04 operating system pre-installed. Despite being affordable, it is powered by cutting-edge 11th gen Intel Core processors. \u00ab\u00a0Kubuntu Focus provides the ultimate Linux systems and solutions for developers, engineers, and scientists. Save valuable time every day with carefully selected curated apps, custom tools, hundreds of UX and hardware optimizations, and high-performance premium components. The Kubuntu OS combines the industry-standard Ubuntu 20.04 LTS with the beautiful yet familiar KDE Plasma desktop,\u00a0\u00bb explains The Kubuntu Focus Team. The team further explains,\u00a0\u00bbHardware highlights include the fast and power-efficient Intel 11th generation CPUs with graphics that are 3 times faster than the prior generation. Numerous high-speed audio and data ports include Thunderbolt 4 and the capacity to attach multiple 4K displays. Customers can customize their XE with up to 64GB of high-speed 3200Mhz Dual-Channel RAM, and up to 2TB of NVMe storage.\u00a0\u00bb The Kubuntu Focus Team shares specifications below. If you want to buy a Kubuntu Focus XE laptop for school (other any use, really), you can order it here starting around $1,000. As of today, the notebook is scheduled to begin shipping on August 9, so you can definitely have it before the school year starts. While the base model comes with a Core i5 processor and 8GB RAM, I would recommend upgrading to a Core i7 and 16GB of memory.<\/p>\n