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  • Toshiba is done with netbooks (in the US)

    Toshiba is done with netbooks (in the US)

    Earlier this year Toshiba introduced its first netbook with an Intel Atom N2600 Cedar Trail processor. But if ...

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  • VIA APC: A $49 Android computer with an ARM11 CPU

    VIA APC: A $49 Android computer with an ARM11 CPU

    VIA Technologies is entering Raspberry Pi territory with its latest product -- the APC. It's a $49 barebones ...

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  • $74 PC on a stick features Allwinner A10 CPU, Android 4.0

    $74 PC on a stick features Allwinner A10 CPU, Android 4.0

    The FXI Cotton Candy is getting a lot of attention as a PC on a stick that will ...

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  • AMD launches Trinity processors with an eye on “ultrathin” laptops

    AMD launches Trinity processors with an eye on ultrathin laptops

    AMD has launched its second-generation A-series line of processors aimed at a wide range of computers from desktops ...

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  • 10 Ultrabook deals for under $800

    10 Ultrabook deals for under $800

    Ultrabooks are thin and light laptops that use Intel processors and solid state disks (or solid state cache) ...

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  • How to root a Kindle Fire with Software Version 6.3.1

    How to root a Kindle Fire with Software Version 6.3.1

    Amazon released a minor software update for the Kindle Fire this week. It gives users a little more ...

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  • New kernel brings Netflix to Android 4.0 Kindle Fire

    New kernel brings Netflix to Android 4.0 Kindle Fire

    Kindle Fire owners have been hacking Amazon's $199 Android 2.3 tablet to install unofficial versions of Android 4.0 ...

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  • CyanogenMod 9 Alpha 0.1 for the NOOK Tablet kills (some) bugs dead

    CyanogenMod 9 Alpha 0.1 for the NOOK Tablet kills (some) bugs dead

    Just over a week after releasing the first build of Android 4.0 for the Barnes & Noble NOOK ...

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Linpus retools Android 4.0 for x86 tablets, netbooks

Linpus Lite Android Edition

Linpus is rolling out a new version of its Android-based operating system designed to run on tablets, netbooks, and notebooks with x86 processors. It’s based on Google Android 4.0, and the notebook version adds support for hardware that you wouldn’t normally find on an Android tablet. Linpus made a little bit of a name for itself a few years ago…

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February 10th, 2012, 1:00 pm by Brad Linder | No Comments »

Preview of Linpus Linux OS for touchscreen tablets

Linpus has been developing light-weight Linux-based operating systems for netbooks and tablets for the last few years. Now the company is getting ready to show off its latest tablet solution at Mobile World Congress, and Chippy from CarryPad has posted a preview video. The OS is based on MeeGo Linux, but this version has been optimized for touchscreen tablets, with…

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February 8th, 2011, 10:00 am by Brad Linder | No Comments »

Linpus shows off new touchscreen tablet UI based on MeeGo

The folks at Linpus have been offering customized Linux-based operating systems for netbooks for the past few years. The first netbooks that Acer released ran Linpus software. As expected, the developers of Linpus are now taking aim at the tablet space with the launch of a new Linux-based OS designed for touchscreen displays. Netbook News caught up with Linpus at…

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November 16th, 2010, 7:07 am by Brad Linder | 1 Comment

Linpus to launch Tablet software based on MeeGo Linux by year’s end

MeeGo is a Linux environment designed for mobile devices with small displays, including netbooks, smartphones, in-car entertainments systems and tablets. So far, only the netbook version has been released to the general public, but the slate version is due out soon, and one of the first Linux software distributions looking to take advantage of the MeeGo’s Slate UI is Linpus….

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September 22nd, 2010, 7:19 am by Brad Linder | 2 Comments

Linpus Linux: Now with netbook, slate, MeeGo editions

The first Acer netbooks to hit the market in 2008 were running Linpus Linux Lite, a custom Linux distribution optimized for small screens. While you don’t see many Linux netbooks anymore, the folks at Linpus haven’t given up on the mobile space, and they’re showing off the latest versions of Linpus for netbooks and tablets. That includes a new version…

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June 3rd, 2010, 10:09 am by Brad Linder | 2 Comments

Linpus Linux Lite operating systems for netbooks updated

Back in 2008 when a significant percentage of netbooks were shipping with Linux rather than Windows, Linpus Linux Lite looked like a major player. Acer had tapped the folks at Linpus to design the OS for its first generation of 8.9 inch netbooks and the future was looking bright. A year and a half later, more than 90% of netbooks…

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March 3rd, 2010, 4:01 pm by Brad Linder | 3 Comments

Linpus shows next-gen netbook operating system – Video

linpus moblin

Linpus was one of the first companies to jump onto the netbook bandwagon with a custom version of Linux designed to play well with low resolution displays and slow processors. Pretty much every Acer netbook that has shipped with Linux preloaded to date has come with Linpus Linux Lite. But now Linpus is working on several new products that could…

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September 28th, 2009, 3:02 pm by Brad Linder | 2 Comments

Linpus Linux Lite does quick boot – Video

linpus-quick-boot

Over the past few months we’ve seen a lot of action in the “quick boot” operating system space. DeviceVM’s SplashTop and Phoenix’s HyperSpace have been leading the pack, at least in terms of publicity. But now there’s a new player: Linpus Linux Lite. Linpus makes the Linux operating system currently used on non-Windows versions of the Acer Aspire One netbook….

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March 10th, 2009, 1:04 pm by Brad Linder | 7 Comments

Unidentified netbook prototype shows up at CeBIT – Video

quanta-linpus-prototype

Linpus is probably best known as the group that makes the Linpus Linux Lite operating system found on the Acer Aspire One netbook. But the copany had another netbook running the operating system on display at CeBIT last week. Sascha from Netbook News.de checked out the unnamed prototype and posted a video which you can find after the break. Here…

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March 8th, 2009, 10:06 am by Brad Linder | 8 Comments
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