Archive for the ‘Devices’ Category

Dude, You’re Getting Ubuntu

Posted by jeff goldman on May 22nd, 2009 under Devices • No Comments

Dell this week introduced a new Ubuntu netbook, the Latitude 2100, which is designed specifically for use by schoolchildren.
"Dell has designed the system with school-friendly features, such as b…

Marvell Intros $99 SheevaPlug Reference Design

Posted by jeff goldman on February 28th, 2009 under Devices • No Comments

Marvell this week introduced its new SheevaPlug development platform, a reference design for the company's plug computing concept.
"The idea is that you'll have an ultra-small computer pl…

HP Drops Linux from Netbooks in the UK

Posted by jeff goldman on February 8th, 2009 under Devices • No Comments

ZDNet UK broke the news this week that HP has decided against releasing any Linux-based netbooks in the UK – its Mini 1000 PC will be available only with Windows in England.
"The reason for this …

HP and Novell Partner on $519 Linux PC

Posted by jeff goldman on December 11th, 2008 under Devices • No Comments

HP and Novell this week announced plans to offer Novell's SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop on HP's $519 Compaq dc5850 PC, starting December 15th.
"The suite provides a number of applications…

Canonical to Put Ubuntu on ARM Netbooks

Posted by jeff goldman on November 22nd, 2008 under Devices • No Comments

Photo courtesy of iStockphotoCanonical has announced plans to build a version of Ubuntu for ARM's v7 processors.
"The ARM version of the Linux-based desktop operating system is expected to be…

Open up your iPod with Rockbox

Posted by Rom Feria on September 30th, 2008 under Devices • No Comments

Rockbox, the open source jukebox firmware, just released its latest version, version 3.0. Rockbox adds WMA, Ogg and Flac support for your iPod (and other portable music players) and not to forget, D…

Here comes Pandora

Posted by Rom Feria on September 30th, 2008 under Devices • No Comments

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NO, it is not the music streaming service but a brand-new, portable gaming device that is based on an open platform. Pandora boasts of a device with the following sp…

Largest device monitored by Linux?

Posted by Rom Feria on September 14th, 2008 under Devices • No Comments

In what seems to be the largest device monitored (and controlled?) by Linux is the CERN's Large Hadron Collider, as displayed in this BBC coverage of the experiment. This just proves how Linux c…

Dell enters the netbook market

Posted by Rom Feria on September 14th, 2008 under Devices • No Comments

In a market that Asus sparked with their Eee PC series, Dell releases their netbook competitor, the Dell Mini 9. The specs is similar to most netbooks available in the market with models running Lin…

Linux Devices

Posted by Rom Feria on August 22nd, 2008 under Devices • No Comments

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Don't you just love the TOP X lists? Well, we almost always like having our own batch of top X list for almost everything we do. Let's consider…