System76 is one of the few PC manufacturers with a focus on excellent Linux support, with a wide range of desktops and laptops. Now the company has brought back the “Meerkat,” a compact PC built for Linux.
System76 first introduced the Meerkat in 2009, which was advertised as a “NetTop” (remember those?), and has gone in and out of production over the years with occasional hardware upgrades. The tiny PC is once again available for purchase, this time with your choice of 10th, 11th, or 12th Gen Intel Core processors. There are two sizes: a “short” model (1.42 inches tall) with only one M.2 drive slot, and the “tall” version (2 inches tall) adds a 2.5-inch drive bay for extra storage capacity. Both versions are 4.6 x 4.41 inches across.
The base model is priced at $499, and comes with a 10th-gen Intel Core i3-10110U processor, 8 GB of RAM (single channel DDR4), a 128 GB M.2 SSD (not NVMe), and a 1-year limited parts and labor warranty. That’s a bit expensive for a PC with a processor introduced in 2019, though you do get the advantage of System76’s dedicated…
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