Links 04/06/2008: Migrations to GNU/Linux in Germany, Heaps of GNU/Linux Laptops at Computex
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz
- 2008-06-04 11:34:55 UTC
- Modified: 2008-06-04 11:37:31 UTC
Desktop
Server
Mobiles/Laptops
- Ubuntu offers Remix, a lighter Linux for mobile users
- Mobile devices driving Ubuntu - Shuttleworth
- Qualcomm debuts 3G Linux mini-notebook
- Dell's "mini-Inspiron" Eee PC killer revealed
However, if what we've already heard holds up, then we're looking at 8.9-inches dolled up in a sub-$500 price tag with a choice of both Windows XP Home or Ubuntu Linux, 8-in-1 card reader, integrated webcam, direct media playback buttons, and a "host of wireless access options." Expect more next week as the Computex show kicks off.
- First Atom-based notebook runs Linux
- MSI Wind Notebook Launched Now: Linux with Intel Atom processor in summer
- Computex Taipei: Fear, Loathing and the Mini-Laptop War
- Windows XP given additional resuscitation
- Microsoft Extends XP Deadline for Low-Cost PCs
- Mobile Linux looks to the big time
- Azingo Demonstrates Mobile Linux Solution on TI's OMAP Platform
- Linux distributor joins Moblin
Linpus Technologies announced it will join Intel's "Moblin" Linux project, aimed at developing software for low-cost notebooks based on Intel Atom processors. The mature Linux distributor says its "Linux Lite" distribution runs 20 percent longer under batteries when using software developed by the Moblin project.
- Taiwan Firm Takes the 'mini' out of Mini-laptops
The Noahpad is offered with Windows XP or Linux, a 1GHz C7 processor from Via Technology, and a hard drive up to 120G bytes. It uses 802.11b/g Wi-Fi and Bluetooth for connectivity and has two USB ports, an SD card reader and a VGA port. It weighs 1.8 pounds (0.8 Kg).
- Developers Reported Enthusiastic About Android Platform
- Jason Chen answers questions about Android
GNU/Linux (Other)
OSS
Facebook's "Open Source" a Farce?
Microsoft
Recent Techrights' Posts
- Amid Online Reports of XBox Sales Collapsing, Mass Layoffs in More Teams, and Windows Making Things Worse (Admission of Losses, Rumours About XBox Canceled as a Hardware Unit)...
- Windows has loads of issues, also as a gaming platform
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- Consent & Debian's illegitimate constitution
- Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
- The Time Our Server Host Died in a Car Accident
- If Debian has internal problems, then they need to be illuminated and then tackled, at the very least in order to ensure we do not end up with "Deadian"
- China's New 'IT' Rules Are a Massive Headache for Microsoft
- On the issue of China we're neutral except when it comes to human rights issues
- Over at Tux Machines...
- GNU/Linux news for the past day
- IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, March 27, 2024
- IRC logs for Wednesday, March 27, 2024
- WeMakeFedora.org: harassment decision, victory for volunteers and Fedora Foundations
- Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
- Links 27/03/2024: Terrorism Grows in Africa, Unemployment in Finland Rose Sharply in a Year, Chinese Aggression Escalates
- Links for the day
- Links 27/03/2024: Ericsson and Tencent Layoffs
- Links for the day
- Links 27/03/2024: BBC Resorts to CG Cruft, Akamai Blocking Blunders in Piracy Shield
- Links for the day
- Android Approaches 90% of the Operating Systems Market in Chad (Windows Down From 99.5% 15 Years Ago to Just 2.5% Right Now)
- Windows is down to about 2% on the Web-connected client side as measured by statCounter
- Sainsbury's: Let Them Eat Yoghurts (and Microsoft Downtimes When They Need Proper Food)
- a social control media 'scandal' this week
- IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, March 26, 2024
- IRC logs for Tuesday, March 26, 2024
- Over at Tux Machines...
- GNU/Linux news for the past day
- Windows/Client at Microsoft Falling Sharply (Well Over 10% Decline Every Quarter), So For His Next Trick the Ponzi in Chief Merges Units, Spices Everything Up With "AI"
- Hiding the steep decline of Windows/Client at Microsoft?
- Free technology in housing and construction
- Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
- We Need Open Standards With Free Software Implementations, Not "Interoperability" Alone
- Sadly we're confronting misguided managers and a bunch of clowns trying to herd us all - sometimes without consent - into "clown computing"
- Microsoft's Collapse in the Web Server Space Continued This Month
- Microsoft is the "2%", just like Windows in some countries
- Links 26/03/2024: Inflation Problems, Strikes in Finland
- Links for the day
- Gemini Links 26/03/2024: Losing Children, Carbon Tax Discussed
- Links for the day
- Mark Shuttleworth resigns from Debian: volunteer suicide and Albania questions unanswered, mass resignations continue
- Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
- Links 26/03/2024: 6,000 Layoffs at Dell, Microsoft “XBox is in Real Trouble as a Hardware Manufacturer”
- Links for the day
- Gemini Links 26/03/2024: Microsofters Still Trying to 'Extend' Gemini Protocol
- Links for the day
- Look What IBM's Red Hat is Turning CentOS Into
- For 17 years our site ran on CentOS. Thankfully we're done with that...
- The Julian Paul Assange Verdict: The High Court Has Granted Assange Leave to Appeal Extradition to the United States, Decision Adjourned to May 20th Pending Assurances
- The decision is out
- The Microsoft and Apple Antitrust Issues Have Some But Not Many Commonalities
- gist of the comparison to Microsoft
- ZDNet, Sponsored by Microsoft for Paid-for Propaganda (in 'Article' Clothing), Has Added Pop-Up or Overlay to All Pages, Saying "813 Partners Will Store and Access Information on Your Device"
- Avoiding ZDNet may become imperative given what it has turned into
- Julian Assange Verdict 3 Hours Away
- Their decision is due to be published at 1030 GMT
- People Who Cover Suicide Aren't Suicidal
- Assange didn't just "deteriorate". This deterioration was involuntary and very much imposed upon him.
- Overworking Kills
- The body usually (but not always) knows best
- Former Red Hat Chief (CEO), Who Decided to Leave the Company Earlier This Month, Talks About "Cloud Company Red Hat" to CNBC
- shows a lack of foresight and dependence on buzzwords
- IRC Proceedings: Monday, March 25, 2024
- IRC logs for Monday, March 25, 2024
- Over at Tux Machines...
- GNU/Linux news for the past day
- Discord Does Not Make Money, It's Spying on People and Selling Data/Control (38% is Allegedly Controlled by the Communist Party of China)
- a considerable share exists
- In At Least Two Nations Windows is Now Measured at 2% "Market Share" (Microsoft Really Does Not Want People to Notice That)
- Ignore the mindless "AI"-washing
- Internet Relay Chat (IRC) Still Has Hundreds of Thousands of Simultaneously-Online Unique Users
- The scale of IRC
Comments
HumHo
2008-06-04 12:43:55
Lockiiinnnn
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2008-06-04 17:12:30
HumHo
2008-06-04 18:13:53
Roy Schestowitz
2008-06-04 20:09:22