The Tegra 4-powered SlateBook x2 running Android Jelly Bean (4.2.2) is the latest split-personality portable computer from HP. Detailed hardware specs have not be made available, but we do know that if will have an IPS panel with a screen resolution of 1920×1200, USB and HDMI ports.
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ROSA Desktop Fresh LXDE alpha preview
Since this release is the first alpha edition, it is not feature complete, but some important components are already in place, while some others have yet to be implemented. A short list of the main features that are already in place follows
Read more »Apache OpenOffice: Help pick a new logo
The six entries are shown below. If you did not participate in the original survey, this is your chance to have an input. I did not participate in the original survey, but if I did, the order that these images are shown below shows how I would have rated them, from highest to lowest.
Read more »Firefox's Inspector Tool as 3D Modeler (Seriously)
"Firefox 20.0 has a nifty little feature of its 'Inspector' tool that allows you to view HTML elements as 3D objects, I wanted to use it for something it wasn't intended for: 3D Modeling"
Read more »The Perfect Desktop - Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail)
This tutorial shows how you can set up an Ubuntu 13.04 desktop that is a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop, i.e. that has all the software that people need to do the things they do on their Windows desktops. The advantages are clear: you get a secure system without DRM restrictions that works even on old hardware, and the best thing is: all software comes free of charge.
Read more »6 Things To Do After Installing Ubuntu 13.04
The latest version of Ubuntu just came out; Ubuntu 13.04 - Raring Ringtail. Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu Linux, has done a good job setting up a set of defaults for a fresh install, but there are a few things you may want to add or change on your freshly installed OS.
1. Privacy Settings
A backdoor in all Internet products and services?
Now they want to step it up a notch and compel popular Internet companies and social networks like Facebook and Google to give law enforcement agencies real time monitoring capabilities of all online communication.
Read more »Windows 8: The most important reason to switch to Linux
Since we don’t have the political clout to bribe (lobby) our elected officials to break the unholy alliance between Microsoft and hardware vendors, educating Windows users on the benefits of using Linux is the best we can do – for now.
Read more »ARM-based EMB-2500: Like Raspberry Pi, but much better
With the EMB-2500, SATA storage connectivity has come to an ITX form-factor, single-board SoC computer.
Read more »Semantic Desktop: Akonadi and Nepomuk
Praised, cursed, often misunderstood, what are KDE's semantic desktop tools for anyway?
Read more »Introduction to Plasma Media Center by KDW
GNU/Linux users enjoy a variety of applications and user interfaces providing an experience like a television set-top box. For fans of KDE software, there’s a new application that will fit in nicely with your desktop.
Read more »Kali Linux ISO: Build a custom KDE image
However, Kali Linux’s build system makes it relatively easy to roll your own (custom) installation image using other well-known desktop environments, like KDE, MATE, LXDE, and Xfce. This article shows how to build a custom installation image built around KDE.
Read more »Infotainment systems: The next generation
Just thought I share a video about the Parrot ASTEROID Smart, a vehicular infotainment systems device from Parrot, a technology outfit based in Paris, France that makes wireless devices and applications.
Read more »Multiboot Linux distributions from one USB key
On Windows, however, Your Multiboot Installer (YUMI) makes the process as easy as can be. YUMI is one of the applications I wrote about in 4 gui applications for installing Linux from USB key.
Read more »The Perfect Desktop - OpenSUSE 12.3 (GNOME Desktop)
This tutorial shows how you can set up an OpenSUSE 12.3 desktop that is a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop, i.e. that has all the software that people need to do the things they do on their Windows desktops. The advantages are clear: you get a secure system without DRM restrictions that works even on old hardware, and the best thing is: all software comes free of charge.
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