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HP TouchPad afterlife: Hackers bringing Android, Ubuntu to HP’s tablet

HP has repeatedly stated that while the company is discontinuing webOS hardware including smartphones and the recently launched HP TouchPad tablet, that the webOS operating system will continue. HP is hoping to find a partner to license the software for use on other products — and we may still see software updates for existing webOS […]

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Ubuntu One ups free cloud storage to 5GB, hits 1 million users

Ubuntu One provides cloud storage and synchronization to users and is tightly integrated with the popular Ubuntu Linux operating system. It allows users to store profile information and files online, and access them across different computers, operating systems, and mobile devices.  Though it’s still fairly nascent, the service has enjoyed a good deal of success […]

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Lubuntu to join the official Ubuntu family (Linux distro with light-weight desktop environment)

It’s become something of a cliche to say that one way to breath new life into an older computer is to install a Linux-based operating system. But not all Linux distributions are created equal. While many can run on a PC with just a few GB of disk space or less, a small amount of […]

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Another Eee PC available with Ubuntu Linux… in Italy

Computer maker Asus is starting to offer Eee PC notebooks with Ubuntu Linux around the globe. Last week an Eee PC 1215P notebook with a 12.1 inch display and Intel Atom N570 dual core processor went on sale in Italy with Ubuntu as its operating system instead of Windows 7. Now you can also pick […]

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Asus Eee PC 1215P with Ubuntu Linux now available in Italy

Last month computer maker Asus promised to begin offering netbooks and notebooks with Ubuntu Linux instead of Microsoft Windows. Now it looks like the company is beginning to follow through on that promise. Eee PC.it spotted a listing for an Eee PC laptop running Ubuntu at an Italian retail site. The notebook is an Asus […]