Links 01/06/2008: Lots on GNU/Linux Laptops, New Eye Candy (Compiz-Fusion and KDE4)
Dr. Roy Schestowitz
2008-06-01 17:48:41 UTC
Modified: 2008-06-01 17:48:41 UTC
GNU/Linux Laptops
Is this the cheapest Linux laptop on the planet?
As for the Elonex One itself, it comes with a 300MHz LNX Code 8 Mobile processor, and a Debian-based distribution. Add to that 128MB RAM, 1GB Flash and a detachable screen and there is no denying that you get a lot of Linux laptop for not very much money at all.
Small PCs big news as economy slows
Asustek Computer, which makes the runaway success Eee PC, will display new, wider-screen models that allow users to do everything from storing video clips in shock-proof flash memory and surfing the Web in coffee shops.
Intel’s new UMPC, the Classmate, takes on the XO
Prices will vary accordingly, so the best I can do here is provide a ballpark unit price: Expect Classmates equipped with a Linux-based OS to cost somewhere around $399 and Windows machines to cost about $469.
Ubiquitous Linux, or, how to become a household commodity
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Plat’Home : The Palm Size Linux Server [GNU/Linux] Flash Uses The GPU
A much clamored-for feature (right after native 64-bit, wmode/transparency, and V4L2) is Flash GPU (graphical processing unit) acceleration, sometimes founded in a belief that it's a magic solution for making things fast without any side effects or ill consequences. I just wanted to make it known that the Adobe Flash Player is GPU accelerated...
[KDE] 4.1 times more Prettyness
Ladies and gentlemen, let me introduce you the brand new shiny Plasma theme that will be used for KDE 4.1:
Compiz and Compiz Fusion 0.7.6 out in wild
In the new features there is now a new “Static Switcher” that shows thumbnails of all the open windows and moves caret instead of thumbnails. Place plugin received a rewrite that enhances it’s multi-display support. Gtk-window-decorator is now accesessibilit(a11y) sensitive and ezoom plugin now has area zoom, helping people with disabilities to work on computer with ease.
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