I tried out Linux and found that it was a lot of fun, if totally different from anything I'd ever imagined. After about a month on Mandrake I got sick of feeling contrained by it and installed Slink and quickly updated to the brand new Potato.
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Netbooks: Up from Phones, Not Down from Notebooks
Last week I began a discussion of whether Linux will survive as an OS for netbooks. I received a number of comments, some highlighting which netbook OEMs favored which Linux distros, other despairing at the paucity of verifiable market numbers (a distress that I share).
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Ubuntu 64-bit More Competitive Against Mac OS X
Last week we published Ubuntu 9.04 vs. Mac OS X 10.5.6 benchmarks where we compared the performance of these two popular operating systems on a Mac Mini. With the OS X kernel currently being 32-bit but with support for 64-bit applications, we had used the 32-bit version of Ubuntu 9.04.
Read more »9 of the Best Free Linux Educational Games
Educational games are games designed to teach people, typically children, about a certain subject or help them learn a skill as they play. Sometimes this type of software is known as games edutainment because they combine education and entertainment.
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P2P study: Music crackdown is bad for business
A study of P2P music exchanges to be revealed this week suggests that the ailing music business is shunning a lucrative lifeline by refusing to license the activity for money.
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The Future Is BIOS and Browsers
I believe the browser will become the new operating system. I know, I know. That's a horrible generalization. It sounds dangerously similar to Sun's oh-so-successful slogan "The network is the computer". But I really do believe it.
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OLPC goes the full Fedora
Developer Chris Ball has announced that the upcoming OLPC XO-1.5 laptop software release will be based on Fedora 11. The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project is a non-profit organisation who's mission is to provide children across the world with low cost laptops for self-education.
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Ubuntu on the Dell mini 10
I’m a bit disappointed in the Dell’s build quality. I find the Mini 10 a bit plastic-y too. Apart from that, the Mini 10 has some really nice features.
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Fedora 11 “Leonidas” is Almost Ready to Kick Ass!
A few more days from now, the latest and hopefully the greatest version of one of the most popular Linux distribution will be released. For those of you who loved Fedora 10, then the reasons are plenty for you to like version 11 (codename Leonidas) more.To get everyone excited, let's take a look at some of the many great features that the upcoming Fedora 11 will incorporate
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TED (Torrent Episode Downloader): Download Your Favourite TV Series Episodes via RSS & Torrents
TED Torrent Episode Downloader is a program that allows you to download the latest episodes of your favorite TV series thanks to a perfect combination of RSS and BitTorrent technology.
Read more »Dell now offering Studio XPS 13 with Ubuntu
Dell's been showing Ubuntu lots of love over the past few months, so it's no real shock to see the Linux-based operating system slide on over to Dell's hottest 13-incher.
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Trying Out Moblin
The other night, I became curious about Moblin because of the different user interface it has. It was said to be made specifically for Intel-powered netbooks. Even if its just in Beta, I really had to get its img and try it out myself.
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Superior Carports
Superior Carports offers a variety of different carport steel in a lot of different sizes, roof styles, colors, door options, window options and more!
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Wholesale Products At The Lowest Prices Possible
Mydiscountwholesaler.com for wholesale products, discount products for personal or a wholesale dropship account with products like electronics, accessories, tools, cameras, with our low price guarantee.
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Chromium Hits Alpha Release
The Open Source project behind the Google Chrome browser called Chromium has finally established an official Alpha release and it promises to be a very lightweight swiss army knife once completed.
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