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Break That Warranty Sticker: ASUS Says It’s OK!

http://www.eeeuser.com

ASUS released a press release yesterday clarifying their position on the yellow “Warranty void if removed” sticker on the bottom of the Eee PC devices that covers the RAM slot:

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Ubuntu on the Asus Eee PC: Part 1 (or How to run a functional Ubuntu install off a USB drive)

http://www.sampletheweb.com

installing Ubuntu on the Asus Eee PCmahalo - I don’t have a USB CD-ROM to install from and opted for a USB flash drive instead

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“I’d suggest Linux - but..” - I’d suggest you get a clue, but..

http://hackfud.net

Paul Murphy, over at blogs.zdnet.com, has written a completely unimpressive blog entry entitled “I’d suggest Linux - but…”
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Paul, I have to tell you, this simply is not true. Apart from the fact that you don’t back your statements up with any facts, what you wrote there is arrant nonsense

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OLPC myths

http://wiki.laptop.org

myths about OPLC's shown as "False" and "Falsehood" (inaccuracies) misunderstandings, and other responses where appropriate.

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Eight features you didn’t know about in Ubuntu

http://richbradshaw.wordpress.com

tried to pick some features that I have not seen mentioned before - these are some of the things that change my everyday use of the computer, so I feel they are worth mentioning. Some of the below features are provided by Gnome, some by Compiz Fusion. All are not exclusive to Ubuntu, but as that’s what I have installed at the moment I’ll demo them on that.

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ASUS Calms the Fears of Eee PC Owners with Warranty Update

http://www.dailytech.com

Upgrading the Eee PCs memory will no longer result in warranty invalidation

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Amarok2 as a technology platform, and beyond Amarok 2.0

http://amarok.kde.org

Anyone who reads any of my blog posts should know by now, that I am quite enthusiastic about Amarok2. I think our initial release, Amarok 2.0, is going to push the boundaries of what a music manager is, and how it can integrate with some of all the great internet services out there.

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Linutop Mini Linux PC Reviewed - Damn Small Linux Hardware

http://www.digitalreviews.net

The Linutop is a small Linux PC. Of course, if you think the MacMini is small, then perhaps the words, incredibly miniscule are closer to the mark.
Running a customised version of xubuntu Linux, this little box could replace your desktop for most common tasks, including what you're doing right now.
And if this wasn't impressive enough in a box slightly larger than a Nintendo DS, the Linutop does it all drawing a maximum of 5 watts - That's less than an energy saver light bulb!
Read on for the full review..

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Kill Linux Processes Easier with pkill

http://www.howtogeek.com

One of the best features in Linux is the way you can control processes from the command line, so if you have an application that locks up your GUI, you can always SSH over from another machine and just kill the offending process.

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Linux is about to take over the low end of PCs

http://www.desktoplinux.com

Opinion -- Sometimes, several unrelated changes come to a head at the same time, with a result no one could have predicted. The PC market is at such a tipping point right now and the result will be millions of Linux-powered PCs in users' hands.

The first change was the continued maturation of desktop Linux. Today, no one can argue...

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Tux Droid for Linux lovers

http://www.pocket-lint.co.uk

A talking penguin is the latest Linux loving gadget to hit the market.

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New plugins in Compiz Fusion

http://www.blog.arun-prabha.com

Compiz Fusion team has released 4 new plugins and couple of new features to Compiz Fusion. Here are they

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Risk gamers use free software to take over the world

http://www.linux.com

How are GNU/Linux users preparing for Linus Torvalds' plan of world domination? By playing free software computer games based on the classic world conquest board game Risk. You can perfect your strategy by playing the games XFrisk, TEG, or Ksirk.

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Metacity beats compiz-fusion :P

http://dagus.org

Yes! guys and gals, our beloved window manager is kicking ass in composite land. There’s a new branch on metacity subversion were developers are working on composite features for metacity. So far we have, transparency, shadow and ALT+tab Godness, and now that I’m running a composite WM i can use the nice MAC OS X like dock bar, AWN. All this without the lag (and CPU masacre) introduced in compiz-fusion when scrolling applications.

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HowTo: Install 113 Amazing Fedora Games

http://vertito.blogspot.com

Here are several compiled list of graphical games available from Fedora Gaming project. These Fedora graphical games can be easily installed using RedHat/Fedora yum installation process. The games are all available from Fedora game repositories. Games listed here includes names of the game, game descriptions, game yum package name, game site or wiki info site, yum install commands and several sample videos from YouTube

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