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Etc… A few liliputing related items from around the blogosphere

Here’s a roundup of a few news items that don’t necessarily need their own post. So here, we go… presented with limited commentary: Ubuntu 9.04 Netbook Remix RC released The folks at Canonical are expected to release Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope next week. This is the first version of the popular Linux distribution to come […]

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Windows Touch Remix: A netbook program launcher for Windows

Windows Touch Remix is a program launcher for netbooks or laptops running Windows. It’s designed to look and work much like the ume-launcher that comes with Ubuntu Netbook Remix or the easy mode interfaces that come with the Eee PC version of Xandros Linux or Linpus Linux Lite as it appears on Acer netbooks. The […]

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Dell Inspiron Mini’s custom Ubuntu interface: A closer look

The folks at the official Direct2Dell blog sat down with Doug Anson, one of the folks behind the custom interface Dell designed to use with the Ubuntu 8.04 Linux operating system used on the Dell Inspiron Mini 9 netbook. The most noticeable thing that Dell did was to create a new menu bar that hangs […]

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First Ubuntu Mobile image released, kinda runs on netbooks

A pre-release version of Ubuntu Mobile has been released. What’s Ubuntu Mobile? It’s a custom version of Ubuntu Linux designed to run on handheld MID devices with 7 to 9 inch touchscreen displays. In other words, UMPCs. Ubuntu Mobile is not the same thing as Ubuntu Netbook Remix, which is designed for netbooks, or small, […]