It’s been more than a decade since Google released Android 3.0 Honeycomb, the first version of the company’s mobile operating system specifically designed for tablets. The next release, Android 4.0, basically merged the smartphone and tablet operating systems into one… and Google hasn’t really paid much attention to tablets or tablet apps since then, leaving […]
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Lilbits: More chip shortage fallout, elementary OS turns 10, and the end of LG smartphones?
1 Comment on Lilbits: More chip shortage fallout, elementary OS turns 10, and the end of LG smartphones?Another upcoming product has been delayed due to the ongoing chip shortage. This time it’s the Analogue Pocket, a handheld gaming device designed for retro gaming — it even uses cartridges from classic game consoles. Originally scheduled to ship in 2020, that date was pushed back to May 2021 due to global supply chain issues… […]
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Lilbits: ARM computers, Linux phones, and the Pixel 2 rides off into the sunset
After rocking a Google Pixel 2 as my primary smartphone for the past three years, I took advantage of a Google Fi Black Friday promotion and traded in my phone for a brand new Pixel 4a 5G for $298 after trade-in. There were two reasons I decided the time was right to upgrade. First, my […]
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Lilbits: A handheld Nintendo Wii, a $200 OnePlus smartphone, and TuneIn drops out (one of its Pro features)
7 Comments on Lilbits: A handheld Nintendo Wii, a $200 OnePlus smartphone, and TuneIn drops out (one of its Pro features)Some folks like to play classic console games by using emulators on smartphones, tablets, or handheld game systems with modern hardware. And then there’s the community of Nintendo Wii hackers who literally cut Nintendo’s 2006 game console down to size and stuff the components inside of custom cases. We’ve seen projects that put a Wii […]
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Now you can buy laptops with elementary OS pre-installed (GNU/Linux distribution)
Elementary OS is an Ubuntu-based Linux distribution with an emphasis on speed, privacy, and ease-of-use. It also happens to have a user interface that’s reminiscent of macOS and a slightly controversial history of trying to guilt people into paying for free software. Like most GNU/Linux distributions, you can download elementary OS for free (or make […]
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Elementary OS 5 Juno released with improved UI, new apps, pay-what-you-want app store
Elementary OS is a desktop operating system with a Mac-like user interface, but it’s a free and open source operating system based on Ubuntu Linux. This week the developers behind the operating system released Elementary OS 5 Juno. It includes updated design, new developer tools, updated apps, and a new app store that includes both […]
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Makers of the $249 Litebook Linux laptop launch mini-desktop and a bigger (and pricier) laptop
11 Comments on Makers of the $249 Litebook Linux laptop launch mini-desktop and a bigger (and pricier) laptopThe Alpha Litebook is a cheap laptop with a full HD 14 inch display, at least 4GB of RAM and a Linux-based operating system called Elementary OS. The team behind the laptop launched the Litebook in March. Now they’re back with two new computers. The Alpha Centurion is a higher-power laptop with a 15.6 inch […]
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Elementary OS 0.3 Freya released
Elementary OS 0.3 Freyas is now available for download. The latest version of the GNU/Linux-based operating system has an updated user interface, a new multitasking view, and other improvements. The team behind Elementary OS took some flak earlier this year for a perhaps poorly worded blog post suggesting that folks who use free and open […]
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elementary OS devs say you’re cheating if you don’t pay for free software
Paying anything for all that free software you download? No? Then you’re doing it wrong, at least according to the team behind elementary OS. In fact, they think you’re a low-down, dirty cheater. They’re currently taking a lot of heat for changes to the elementary OS website that are in the works. It has to […]
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Elementary OS Freya beta released: Ubuntu, but prettier
Elementary OS is an open source operating system designed with an emphasis on… well, design. The Linux-based operating system is designed to be fast, versatile and powerful. But what really sets it apart from the crowd is its user interface which is more than a little inspired by Apple’s OS X. But under the hood Elementary […]