Canonical has released the second alpha of Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot. The next major version of the popular Linux distribution is due out in October, but you can test an early build today. Ubuntu 11.10 Alpha 2 look a lot like Ubuntu 11.04, the latest stable release. That’s because they both use the Unity desktop […]
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Ubuntu Mobile will make it easy to run Android and Ubuntu side-by-side
There are a handful of reasons you might want to run a full-blown desktop Linux operating system on your smartphone or tablet. It allows you to use desktop apps such as Firefox or LibreOffice, for one thing. The best reason is probably because it’s an incredibly geeky thing to do. But that doesn’t mean it […]
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Ekoore launches 3 new Windows, Linux, and Android tablets
Italian company Ekoore introduced a tablet computer running Ubuntu Linux last year. Now Ekoore is back with three new tablets, with the rather geeky names of Perl, Python and Pascal. Two of the tablets are designed to run Ubuntu Linux or Windows 7, while the third is a budget Android tablet with a rather familiar […]
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Pinguy OS Mini: Light-weight, user-friendly Linux
Pinguy OS is a Linux distribution based on the uber-popular Ubuntu Linux. But it’s designed to be even easier to use, especially for peopl ewho aren’t familiar with Linux. For instance, if you click on an ISO file in Ubuntu, a file browser opens and shows you what’s inside. Do the same thing with Pinguy, […]
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Asus to sell netbooks with Ubuntu Linux
Apparently Linux for netbooks isn’t quite as dead as I thought. Earlier this week Asus introduced a new 10 inch mini-laptop that will ship this year with MeeGo Linux. And now Canonical has announced that Asus will offer a whole line of netbooks loaded with Ubuntu 10.10 starting this month. When netbooks first hit the […]
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How to run Ubuntu 11.04 on an Android tablet
Sure, the Motorola XOOM was designed to run Google Android, but that doesn’t mean you can’t also run other operating systems. Xda-developers forum member has put together a disk image and instructions for running Ubuntu 11.04 Linux on the XOOM. Like other Ubuntu-on-Android solutions we’ve seen before, this won’t actually replace your operating system. Instead […]
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Linutop 4 is a 14W Linux-based desktop computer
Linutop has been producing tiny low power Linux-based desktop computers from the last few years, and now the company has introduced its fourth generation product called the Linutop 4. Creative, I know. Spec-wise, the new model doesn’t actually look all that different from the Linutop 3. It still has a 1.6 GHz Intel Atom N270 […]
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Ubuntu Linux 11.04, Slackware 13.37 now available
Two major Linux distributions have received major updates today. The first is Ubuntu Linux, which was updated to version 11.04 right on schedule — the developers launch new versions every six months. The second is the somewhat geekier Slackware, which now has one of the geekiest version numbers imaginable: 13.37. Slackware 13.37 ships with the […]
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Can’t pick an OS? Always Innovating pushes triple-boot Android, Chrome, Ubuntu platform
2 Comments on Can’t pick an OS? Always Innovating pushes triple-boot Android, Chrome, Ubuntu platformAlways Innovating, the company that brought us a tablet/netbook hybrid that you could stick to a refrigerator is back. But this time instead of focusing on its own hardware, this time the company is showcasing software it’s developed which can run on the $149 BeagleBoard compact computing platform. The software is called Super-Jumbo, and for […]
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Kogan introduces Ubuntu notebook, Android tablet in Australia
Kogan Electronics is launching three new budget computing products in Australia: an Android tablet, an Ubuntu notebook, and a set-top-box that brings Android to your TV set. Honestly, I have a hard time getting all that excited about yet another Android tablet, but Agora’s model does have one thing going for it — a low […]