Practical Technology » Laptop

Anything the iPad can do, Linux can do better.

sjvn — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:31:48 +0000

The Apple iPad has finally arrived, and, as I predicted a while back, it’s really just a big iPod Touch. That’s great. I love my iPod Touch. But, really, is there anything here that Linux can’t do just as well for less money?

Now, I do think that the iPad might be a game-changer. But, I [...]

Another day, another SUSE/Moblin Linux netbook

sjvn — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 18:24:05 +0000

Shame on me, I missed that during last week’s CES (Consumer Electronics Show), MSI wasn’t the only company to announce the release of a SUSE/Moblin Linux-powered netbook. Samsung also announced that they’ll be releasing this Linux mix on its N127 netbook.

This release, however, is still just getting out of the starting blocks. As several people [...]

Will tablet computers finally matter?

sjvn — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 20:07:31 +0000

or all the hype about the rumored Apple Tablet, the ‘will they or won’t they’ about Microsoft’s Courier tablet, and a host of real tablet-announcements such as Lenovo’s IdeaPad U1 and the Dell’s still unnamed slate, everyone seems to have forgotten one tiny, little fact. Tablets have been around forever and they’ve never, ever lived [...]