January 7, 2010
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What do you get when you mix Novell’s SLED (SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop) 11 with the Linux Foundation’s Moblin 2.1 netbook desktop? A lightweight Linux desktop that’s trying to snag the netbook desktop market before Google’s Chrome OS runs away … Continue reading
January 6, 2010
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After Dell broke the ice for pre-installing Linux on desktops and netbooks in 2007, the other major OEMs (original equipment manufacturers) reluctantly tried it out, and, in some cases, like Lenovo, backed right back out of the Linux desktop market … Continue reading
December 30, 2009
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I don’t care how often I see it; I still can’t get used to people typing on tables. Bad enough that people are always mumbling to themselves-cut cells C3-C7, paste to D3-D7-but the constant drumming of fingers is just annoying. … Continue reading
December 28, 2009
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More than ten-years ago, I helped Linux’s adoption a little bit along by proving out that Linux and Samba actually worked faster than the then dominant Windows NT operating system. Today, as we bid the ‘noughts’ adieu, everyone uses Linux … Continue reading
December 22, 2009
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Recently, a user who had replaced Windows on his netbook with Ubuntu Linux discovered that, as far as Best Buy was concerned, he had voided his warranty. For all practical purposes, he had. In The Consumerist, the disgruntled netbook user … Continue reading
December 21, 2009
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Dell has long been desktop Linux’s best friend in the big-time computer vendors, and it’s proving it again with the introduction of the latest version of its Mini 10 netbook with Ubuntu. Yes, it’s true that the new Mini 10 … Continue reading