Since Google announced Chrome OS there have been lots of questions asked (and very few questions answered) about what hardware it will run on. They’ve listed the names of some hardware partners, but that’s about it. Will it be a …
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The tubes are buzzing with the news that Google plan to launch their own operating system – which actually seems to be a thin veneer over a Linux kernel, solely for the purpose of running their Chrome web browser. The …
Read moreUbuntu costs 10 times as much in the UK as the US!
It would seem that due to the poor exchange rate, UK customers could end up paying up to 57% more for Windows 7 than US customers – and people buying in Euros could end up paying double. This is fairly …
Read moreAnother one to try
It seems that every man and his dog is bringing out a netbook OS of some description. Jolicloud another that looks interesting – it appears to be a Linux-based OS with a netbook optimised UI. From their “First Look” screens, …
Read moreDell discontinues the Mini 9
Typical. Just as I’ve finished writing a few entries espousing the benefits of the Dell Mini 9, Dell decide to discontinue it 🙁 Dell’s closest replacement is the Mini 10v. This has a lower price point than the Mini 9 …
Read moreUbuntu wallpapers
Given that one of my complaints about Ubuntu 9.04 is the uninspired choice for the default wallpaper, I thought it might be worth sharing this link that I found on a planet Ubuntu post a few days ago: 60 Beautiful …
Read moreNew Vista installation… Linux to the rescue
We’ve just bought a new laptop for one of my colleagues here at work, and I’ve been charged with getting it set-up for him. Mainly it’s just a case of connecting it to our network, but I’ll also run any …
Read moreWindows is ARM-less, but Microsoft’s not harmless
One of the more interesting things about Linux is that it supports a wide range of different processor architectures – a dozen are officially supported in the latest stable Debian release, for example. This doesn’t affect most people – the …
Read moreWindows 7 Starter Edition
A while ago Microsoft announced the various different versions of Windows 7 that would be available, including the Starter Edition which would impose a limit of three concurrent applications. At the time I wrote a few words about the number …
Read morePick all the keywords out of my previous post…
…and you get an announcement about Ubuntu and Intel working together on UNR with a Moblin UI in this article from ComputerWorld.
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