It has been over two weeks now since I started playing with the Zonbu. My first foray was under VMWare and then my actual hardware arrived.
Read more »$99 Desktop Comes With Too Many Catches
Zonbu's overall goal is to vastly simplify the process of buying and using a computer. The idea is to make it not only more affordable but also much less of a hassle and much more energy efficient. However, there's a catch -- several catches, in fact.
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Linux media center distro rev's up
A project aimed at building a Linux distribution for media center PCs has achieved a major new release. LinuxMCE 0704 is based on Kubuntu, and offers lots of flashy features, such as whole-house high-definition video distribution, optional alpha-blended graphics, gyroscopic remote control, and much more.
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Aptitude vs Apt-Get
Being an Ubuntu/Debian user (yes, I use and advocate both), I have fallen in love with the Advanced Packaging Tool, also known as apt.
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Why Is PCLinuxOS 2007 Better Than Ubuntu ?
1. First reason, PCLOS is based on KDE, while Ubuntu is based on GNOME.
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NVIDIA Releases New 3D Software for Linux
Rendering is the cornerstone of 3D creativity and the most performance-driven task in the production pipeline. From animation and visual effects to automotive and architectural design, the fastest way to streamline creative workflow is accelerate rendering to interactive speeds without sacrificing image quality.
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Xara Xtreme - a Test Drive
Xara Xtreme is a graphics drawing application which has been available on the Linux desktop for about a year now. But I just now got around to trying it. For the obvious reason, and I'm sure many of you familiar with graphics on Linux would concur, that I didn't think yet another vector graphics editor was anything to jump out of my chair for.
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From Fedora, through Ubuntu and Slackware, getting close to ZenWalk
In the "if it ain't broke, then why the hell are you fixing it?" department, maybe I should refocus my energies on Debian and not worry so much about Fedora/Red Hat. But there's something about Fedora/RHEL that is calling to me.
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Hands on: Ubuntu Linux – Kubuntu and Xubuntu
In April the latest version of Ubuntu Linux, Feisty Fawn, was released. In this article, we are turning our attention to Kubuntu.
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A Linux Experience
when I loaded the live CD six months ago, it was more a case of having a couple of hours to kill. Anyway, I was surprised to find that everything worked…just like that. The more I fooled around with it, the more it intrigued me. I was able to do a lot of stuff without having to do a lot of searching and fixing.
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Grandpa Gets a Dell with Ubuntu Linux Preinstalled
Groklaw member Tyche got a Dell Inspiron 530N with Ubuntu Linux and when I saw him post that he'd ordered it, I asked if he'd please write up a quick review after it arrived. He has done so, and as you will see, he found getting online so easy he had nothing at all to do to make it happen. Just poof.
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Ubuntu 7.04 - a refreshing alternative to Vista
Windows isn't going away anytime soon, but Ubuntu 7.04 is a refreshing Linux-based alternative to Vista.
Read more »Ubuntu Studio supports serious audio, adds little for video and graphics
Ubuntu Studio bills itself as the "multimedia creation flavor of Ubuntu," an official Ubuntu project "aimed at the GNU/Linux audio, video, and graphic enthusiast as well as professional." It is certainly flashy on the outside -- even if it is mostly the same Ubuntu Linux distro under the hood.
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eyeOS: A genuine Web OS
A very good article about Eyeos. Eyeos is a web centered desktop environment (very web 2.0) and worth trying. This article gives an excellent description.
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AsianLinux - 2 (revolution)
I am a Linux professional for last more than 4 yrs, and had used many a more Linux boxes so far. Mainly I had worked on RedHat, Fedora, CentOS, Mandrake, and few others. But just about 2 months back, I had got an opportunity to have AsianLinux as the operating system for my PC.
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