Archive for April, 2008

Current Newswire: (Linux Today)

“This tutorial shows how you can set up a Kubuntu 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron) desktop that is a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop, i.e. that has all the software that people need to do the things they do on their Windows desktops.

News and views on Linux on the desktop … (Desktop Linux)

Windows is caught between Mac and Linux — Mar. 21, 2008 — For the first time in ages, the sale of new PCs with Windows as a percentage of the PC market is declining sharply. …

News and views on Linux on the desktop … (Desktop Linux)

Windows is caught between Mac and Linux — Mar. 21, 2008 — For the first time in ages, the sale of new PCs with Windows as a percentage of the PC market is declining sharply. …

B2X.com e-Sourcing(TM) Technology Creates New Worldwide Global Goods and Services Exchange (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

JERSEY CITY, N.J.—-Worldwide Goods and Services Exchange, B2X Corporation, today announced it has assembled an unprecedented team of blue-chip technology suppliers, supported by its own patent-pending software, to create the world’s leading online global sourcing and transaction trading platform.

perfect for Internet cafes and other public places .” More screenshots . (New Mobile Computing)

“Earlier this week Everex launched the gPC TC2502, which is a sub-USD 200 PC sold at a major US retailer, but what makes this unique is that it runs the gOS. The gOS (GreenOS) is designed to be a conceptual Google Operating System that is based upon Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon.

perfect for Internet cafes and other public places .” More screenshots . (New Mobile Computing)

“Earlier this week Everex launched the gPC TC2502, which is a sub-USD 200 PC sold at a major US retailer, but what makes this unique is that it runs the gOS. The gOS (GreenOS) is designed to be a conceptual Google Operating System that is based upon Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon.

Recent Original Stories (New Mobile Computing)

I guess the cat is out of the bag. “Everex has confirmed plans to ship a UMPC with a 7-inch screen , similar to competitor Asus’s EEE PC. A source close to the company revealed that the device - codenamed ‘Cloudbook’ - will ship with the Google Apps-oriented ‘gOS’ Linux distribution early next year.”

News and views on Linux on the desktop … (Desktop Linux)

A tale of two x86 computing appliances — Mar. 20, 2008 — This hands-on review compares and contrasts two computing appliances that run Linux on Via C7-M processors.

News and views on Linux on the desktop … (Desktop Linux)

A tale of two x86 computing appliances — Mar. 20, 2008 — This hands-on review compares and contrasts two computing appliances that run Linux on Via C7-M processors.

Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 25th Apr 2008 21:12 UTC (New Mobile Computing)

When Asus released its Eee PC, praise was almost universal. People loved the device’s size, low price, and the fact it came with Linux appealed to many geeks.