Running at a 1Ghz frequency, it is capable of playing 720p video and run basic 3D applications. While Android isn't ready for Netbooks yet, this Pegatron runs Ubuntu (Linux) just fine.
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Microsoft may be exploiting the openness of the community to hop over fences and subvert rivalry from the inside
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SFLC: Microsoft violated the GPL
Microsoft violated the General Public License v2 (GPLv2) when it distributed its Hyper-V Linux Integration Components (LinuxIC) without providing source code, says the Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC).
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HSBC, a Participant in Microsoft’s Linux Racket, Snubs Firefox, GNU/Linux, and Mac Users
HSBC requires Internet Explorer, arguably the least secure Web browser ever made
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Recompiling PHP5 With Bundled Support For GD On Ubuntu
You'll learn how to recompile PHP5 with bundled support for GD on Ubuntu to use advanced GD functions for image editing, like desaturation, and so on.
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Mozilla Firefox 4.0 Theme Mockups
These are NOT FINAL! THEY ARE ONLY FOR BRAINSTORMING/EXPLORATION!
Initial Theme Mockups for Firefox 4.0
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Aisleriot - Solitaire on Steroids
Despite all the people who claim to be productive at work, or those who claim to be more than a casual gamer, there is a lot, and I do mean a lot, of people out there who are either casual gamers, or they love to play various solitaire card games on the computer.
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Microsoft Releases GPL'd Software (Again): Does This Change Anything?
Microsoft has received much undeserved press about their recent release of Linux drivers for their virtualization technology under GPLv2. I say “undeserved” because I don't particularly see why Microsoft should be lauded merely for doing something that is in their own interest that they've done before.
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Opensourc3 Magazine Issue #1 is released
OPensourc3, a magazine for Open Source Unified Computing has released issue #1. Articles cover Hypervisor and Cloud technologies, Virtualization and KVM, Deploying iSCSI in Linux, management with Puppet and more.
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Linux your way with SUSE Studio
One of the great things about Linux is that it’s possible to do almost anything with the OS – scale it up, scale it down, customize it to suit your needs. But it’s much easier said than done. Creating your own Linux-based OS is no small feat. Or wasn’t. Until SUSE Studio.
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Deactivate Location-Aware Browsing in Firefox 3.5
If the new Location-Aware Browsing (a.k.a. Geolocation) feature in Firefox 3.5 makes you worried about your privacy, you can turn the feature off with a simple about:config tweak. This "feature" allows the website you are viewing to activate the geolocation function in Firefox and discover your location.
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So, is nice, nice and simple?
The command nice, and its corresponding function, nice(), appear to be quite simple. A non-privileged user can “nice” a process so that it gets less CPU time. Do you know more about nice? Try the quiz below.
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Ten plus years of Linux desktops.
Linux has been around and useable on the desktop for over ten years. So I decided to go through the internet way back machine, namely google, and look for some screenshots of Linux desktops over the last ten years.
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17 Cool Firefox about:config Tricks
about:config page contains most of Firefox configuration options as you know.So it is the most powerful and effective way to tweak and enhance your Firefox experience. Here is 17.
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7 Tasks You Shouldn’t Use a GUI For
Sometimes the GUI is just too slow. Learn how to resize images, add drop shadows, splice mp3s, clone hard drives and more with the command line. Here are a few tasks that you might want to consider using the command line for.
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