I know some of you really, really wanted Dell’s first mini-notebook to have a price-tag of $299 and you’re down because the Dell Inspiron Mini 9 starts at $349 with Ubuntu Linux or $399 with Windows XP. Well, just wait, you’re soon going to be able to get it for even cheaper with a 3G [...]
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Do you want a notebook with that order?
September 4th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Tags: Business · Dell · Infrastructure · Laptop · Linux · Mobile · Network · Operating System · Wi-Fi · Windows
Beta Debian 5.0 Live Version Available
September 4th, 2008 · No Comments
Debian 5, Lenny, is getting closer to delivery and as part of that, the Debian Live Team has released the first official version of Debian Live.
While there have been live versions, Linux distributions that run from CDs, DVDs or USB-sticks, of Debian-based distributions, Debian Live is the first purely Debian live system. As the [...]
Tags: Desktop · Development · Laptop · Linux · Open Source · Operating System
Dell’s Ubuntu-powered mini-laptop arrives tomorrow
September 3rd, 2008 · 2 Comments
Sources tell me, OK friends actually, that tomorrow, September 4th, is the long-awaited day that Dell will announce the release of its Inspiron 910 mini-laptop. It will come with your choice of (Boo!) Windows XP Home SP3 or (Yea!) Ubuntu 8.04.
Before any Windows business users rush out to spend their hard-earned money on this spiffy [...]
Tags: Dell · Infrastructure · Laptop · Linux · Mobile · Operating System
Google Chrome: First run around the track
September 2nd, 2008 · No Comments
I like the idea of Google Chrome, a lot. But, then I like a lot of ideas, and then the reality turns out to be another matter entirely. Once in a great while, though, something comes along that lives up to its promise. Google Chrome lives up to its promise.
That promise, as I describe in [...]
Tags: Desktop · Google · Internet · Java · Laptop · Network · Office Software · Web browser
The real reason Google is making Chrome
September 2nd, 2008 · No Comments
The real Labor Day storm wasn’t Gustav, it was Google’s announcement, by comic book no less, that it was releasing its own Web browser: Chrome.
So why is Google doing this? First, off let me tell what it’s not. It’s not an attempt to kill off Internet Explorer or Firefox. Google just renewed its partnership with [...]
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