HP appears to be developing an Android device with an 8 inch, 1600 x 1200 pixel display. First revealed earlier this week as the HP Bodhi, it looks like the same device has shown up again at the GFXBench website, this time with the HP Slate 8 Pro name. The name suggests that we’re looking […]
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HP “Bodhi” benchmarks hint at an Android device with a 1600 x 1200 pixel displays
HP appears to be testing a new Android device that may be code-named the HP Bodhi. It’s not clear if it’s a tablet, phone, Android-powered display, or something else. But benchmark results showed up this week a GFXBench, suggesting it’s a device with a high-resolution display, a fast processor, and Android 4.2 Jelly Bean software. […]
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Bodhi brings a tablet-friendly Linux OS to the Nexus 7
Ubuntu isn’t the only Linux-based operating system that can run on the Google Nexus 7 tablet. Bodhi Linux developer Jeff Hoogland has piggybacked on Canonica’s work with Ubuntu to offer a tool that lets you install Bodhi on the $199 tablet. Bodhi Linux uses the light-weight Enlightennment Desktop which, among other things, offers a touchscreen […]
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Bodhi Linux Alpha for ARM runs on the $249 Samsung Chromebook
Bodhi Linux is a light-weight Linux-based operating system designed to run on a range of different types of hardware. The latest addition to the Bodhi family? Samsung’s $249 Chromebook — the one with a low-power Samsung Exynos 5 ARM Cortex-A15 processor. Bodhi developer Jeff Hoogland released an early build of Bodhi for the Samsung Chromebook […]
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First pre-release Bodhi Linux 2.0 builds available
Developer Jeff Hoogland has released the first pre-release build of Bodhi Linux 2.0. While there aren’t a ton of new features, Bodhi 2.0 is based on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. Up until recently Bodhi was based on the 2-year-old Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. Among other things, that means there’s now a 64-bit version of Bodhi available for […]
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Bodhi Linux 1.4 is a speedy, customizable OS for tablets, notebooks, desktops
Bodhi Linux is a light-weight operating system based on Ubuntu. It’s highly customizable and ships with a fraction of the pre-loaded apps you’ll find in Ubuntu. But the key difference between Bodhi and the main branch of Ubuntu is that Bodhi Linux uses the Enlightenment desktop manager and offers a choice of environments suitable for […]
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Arch, Ubuntu, and Debian Linux ported to the HP TouchPad tablet
Before hackers figured out how to install Google Android on the HP TouchPad, people were using the 9.7 inch tablet to run Ubuntu Linux… sort of. The discontinued tablet actually shipped with HP’s webOS software preloaded and early attempts to run Linux didn’t boot Linux instead of webOS. They basically let you run Ubuntu alongside Android […]