Official Gladys starter kit launch! 🚀

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Hello everyone!

After several months of testing, I’m launching a new offer to make Gladys accessible to a larger number of users.

The goal of this all-in-one kit is to help you get started with Gladys by providing:

  • The best hardware available on the market
  • A step-by-step video training
  • 1 year subscription to Gladys Plus

The idea is not necessarily to make money on this kit, but rather to make Gladys more accessible, especially for beginners who are still hesitant to get started.

The starter kit is now available on the site, with a special offer valid until September 18:

What do you think?

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This kit is a great idea for people who don’t know anything about it .. it’s sometimes just what’s needed to take the plunge :wink:
Once you’ve tried it .. :heart_eyes: :smile:

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I’ve already sold 8 and I find that selling the complete package attracts users who wouldn’t have taken the plunge otherwise.

Also, I support from A to Z — I did screen-sharing calls with some until it worked, I don’t give up!! :smiley:

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Good idea :+1:

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I think it’s great; we’ll have to see over time because if it becomes popular it’ll be quite an undertaking :grin:

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That would be great :grin: if it lets me earn a living from Gladys and therefore spend more time on it!

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I just received the email and I think I would have placed an order when I was starting out with Gladys!

The thing about technical support all the way up to the call is very reassuring for a non-tech, I think; it helps counterbalance

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Thanks @lmilcent :slight_smile:

I hope it will work! I’ll keep you posted here in the next few days

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Honestly, great price!
Too bad it didn’t come out before I bought my mini PC a few months ago.
But it’s true it would be even more awesome to have an Ubuntu with Gladys preinstalled :slight_smile:

However, you should display the price directly on the product page.
I hate pages that tell you about a product without giving you the price.

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Excellent, cool if the price seems good to you.

That’s a whole other logistics issue which, given the volume I’m doing right now, isn’t possible ^^ But in the future I’d love that!

You’re 100% right!

I just put the price on the page, it’s live on the site, better? :slight_smile:

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Good idea as well, the price is very appealing! This should interest quite a few people.
In my view, a zigbee2mqtt dongle plus an optional zigbee device could have completed this starter kit.
Good luck with this new initiative.

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Great deal, clearly interesting for someone who wants to get started in home automation with Gladys

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Hello @pierre-gilles

I’ve posted a tutorial to install the DietPi distribution which seems interesting, even ideal, for the mini-PC kits (a good initiative that I think will be successful) that you are proposing, since Gladys is made for Raspberry Pi and now mini-PCs and this distro offers similar images for both platforms.

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Thanks @jparbel :folded_hands:

It’s an option; but that also increases the price :sweat_smile:

Thanks @McFlyPartages :folded_hands:

Thanks for the tutorial @cce66, but I don’t recommend this option on mini-PCs; it’s best to install the most robust and most widely used OS on the market, with updates for years.

I recommend Ubuntu Server personally; it’s what I show in the course.

Debian is also very good.

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Hello,

Great idea, I think that’ll bring quite a few people :wink:
How does it work if we already have access to the training?
I thought I saw that for Gladys you offered a prorated refund

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We can talk about it in private, yes :slight_smile:

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Hello Pierre Gilles,

I’ve really been wanting to take the plunge — I’ve been following you for a long time

I have a few questions about the kit:

Will I be able to use the PC for my daily tasks or is it dedicated only to Gladys?

I’ve always used Windows, with a few tries on Linux, but I’m still a bit reluctant to use it every day

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Hi @Gisco :slight_smile:

Cool if you’re interested in the kit!

It is dedicated only to Gladys.

The idea of this mini-PC is to put it in your media cabinet next to your box, plugged in via Ethernet, and have it run 24/7 to manage your home automation.

I use Ubuntu Server.

That wouldn’t be very useful :slight_smile: This mini-PC is really a home automation box that should run continuously. At my place my Beelink is in my TV cabinet, plugged into my router via Ethernet!

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After Gladys used the Beelink
The database has shrunk again.

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Probably the purge of messages from the discussion… :wink:

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