The Eee PC 901 is an Intel Atom-based laptop, with 1 GB of RAM, a 20 GB SSD, a 9 inch display, and ships with Asus' own Linux distribution. Since I bought mine, I've installed and used Ubuntu 8.10 and 8.04. The new Ubuntu 9.04 finally has full support for the Eee PC 901.

The Razer Arctosa is a moderately priced gaming keyboard that offers macro keys, media keys, 1000Hz Ultrapolling, and other features to entice gamers. The big question though is how well this keyboard with all of its functionality works under Linux.

After checking out Kubuntu 9.04, I found myself terribly disappointed and looking for another KDE-based distribution, so I could possibly experience greener pastures.

This extract will help you learn how to manage roles and grant permissions to users in different contexts. We will cover the assignment of roles, the modification of existing roles and the creation of new roles before we deal with any role-related settings. You would learn what roles are and how they are applied in different contexts.

The laptop is back. So I did the upgrade from Ubuntu 8.10 to 9.04 Friday night, and it appeared to go smoothly. But as soon as I had time to sit down and try stuff I found two issues.

A quick look at an unhealthy infatuation and its effects on GNU/Linux

Web browser cookies always struck me as a minor issue. Although anti-malware programs often flag them as something to be removed, this always struck me as a scare tactic. However, when Google started the rollout of a new cookie-based tracking system last month, it seemed time to take a new look at cookies with the goal of protecting privacy.

In an article published last week, we have presented the new features included into the stable version of Ubuntu 9.04 Desktop Edition (code named Jaunty Jackalope), which was launched on April 23, 2009.