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Everex gPC —
Dec. 28, 2007 —
When the Everex gPC ($199 direct, without monitor) was announced, it received some fanfare as a bargain-subbasement "green" Linux-based PC, or the (quite unofficial) "Google PC," available at your local Wal-Mart. ...
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Five desktop Linux highlights of 2007 —
Dec. 21, 2007 —
Opinion -- Sometimes putting together a best-of-the-year list is like pulling teeth. There simply isn't enough big news to fill the list out. That was not a problem for desktop Linux in 2007. This year was one of the most eventful years in desktop Linux's short history. ...
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Dell announces Ubuntu 7.10 PCs with DVD playback (UPDATED) —
Dec. 18, 2007 —
 Dell has told DesktopLinux.com that it will be announcing later today, Dec. 19, that it will be releasing PCs with Ubuntu 7.10 (aka Gutsy Gibbon) as part of its Dell Consumer Linux lineup along with the ability to legally play DVDs. ...
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OpenOffice.org goes online with SAAS version —
Dec. 12, 2007 —
 Do you really like OpenOffice.org as your office suite? Would you like to be able to use it on any computer with an Internet connection? If you answered yes to both those questions, you'll be interested in Ulteo's beta of Ulteo Online Desktop, ...
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Configure Linux —
Dec. 12, 2007 —
Some people are happy with their operating systems as installed. Others like to tinker. Still others [...] need to dive under the hood and make those systems run exactly the way they want. It's all about control, and Linux gives you as much ...
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ASUS Eee PC 4G —
Dec. 11, 2007 —
Review -- You've probably heard of the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) initiative, which is intended to provide cheap laptops (called XOs) to underprivileged children around the world. What you might have missed is that ASUS, ...
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'Cloudbook' UMPC to run Googleish Linux —
Dec. 10, 2007 —
Everex has confirmed plans to ship a UMPC (ultra-mobile PC) with a 7-inch screen, similar to competitor Asus's EEE PC. A source close to the company revealed that the device -- codenamed "Cloudbook" -- will ship with the Google Apps-oriented "gOS" Linux distribution early next year. ...
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Linux is about to take over the low end of PCs —
Dec. 07, 2007 —
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. ...
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Linspire's CNR.com beta finally goes live —
Dec. 05, 2007 —
 It's been over a year since Linspire announced a free version of the CNR (Click'N'Run) software management system for its own Linuxes -- Freespire and Linspire -- as well as others, such as Ubuntu, but the project is finally open to all as a beta. ...
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One Laptop Per Child Doesn't Change the World —
Dec. 04, 2007 —
Hands Across America, Live AID, the Concert for Bangladesh, and so on. The American (and world) public has witnessed one feel good event (and the ensuing scandals) after another. ...
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Minty 4.0 fresh —
Dec. 03, 2007 —
 While there are some Linux users who still insist on running free software exclusively, a growing number are more than happy to mix and match open-source and proprietary software. For these latter users, Ubuntu 7.10-based Mint 4.0 is a distribution made in heaven. ...
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OpenOffice.org 2.3 impresses —
Dec. 03, 2007 —
The release of OpenOffice.org 2.3 brings several significant improvements to the open-source office productivity suite, including easier upgrade paths for existing Microsoft Office users, improved measures to prevent security breaches, and an array of snazzy new features introduced in the suite's word processing, spreadsheet, presentation and database applications. ...
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Desktop Linux trio offers look at what's to come —
Nov. 28, 2007 —
With Windows Vista turning fewer heads than XP SP3, and Apple's Leopard exhibiting spotty security, companies and individuals would do well to ask themselves whether 'tis the season of desktop Linux. ...
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Another day, another Firefox security fix —
Nov. 27, 2007 —
 Once upon a time, Firefox was known for being far less prone to security bugs than Internet Explorer. Things have changed. On Nov. 27, Mozilla released the newest, security-patched version of the popular Web browser, Firefox 2.0.0.10. ...
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And the best community Linux is? —
Nov. 27, 2007 —
Opinion -- Desktop Linuxes are improving so quickly that it's hard even for someone like me, who tracks operating systems the way some people track their favorite NFL team's game match-ups, to keep tabs on what's what with the latest distributions. That's even true of the major community Linux distributions: ...
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Cheap laptops bad for Vista, good for Linux —
Nov. 26, 2007 —
Opinion -- The good news for everyone is that you can get a good, solid laptop for under a grand these days. The bad news for Vista users is that many of those laptops, even though they're sold with Vista, have nothing like enough resources to run Vista decently. ...
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gOS unboxed: Should Microsoft worry? —
Nov. 21, 2007 —
Microsoft's rivalry with Google heated up considerably this past year when rumors surfaced that Google might release its own operating system to compete with Windows. Has Google finally jumped into the fray with its own OS? ...
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KDE 4 is almost ready to go —
Nov. 21, 2007 —
 KDE e.V, the nonprofit organization behind the popular KDE desktop environment, has announced the immediate availability of the first release candidate for its next major release: KDE 4.0. ...
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Vista worries cause businesses to consider Macs and Linux —
Nov. 19, 2007 —
KACE, a systems management appliance company, announced on Nov. 19 that its new survey revealed that 90 percent of the Windows users are concerned about migrating to Vista, and that 44 percent would consider deploying Macs or Linux-based systems to avoid Vista migration. ...
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OLPC remains laudable —
Nov. 16, 2007 —
 I've come up with an ambitious plan for my next five years. In five years I intend to be a billionaire and I'm announcing it to the world so that everyone knows. ...
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Analysis -- What do Linux users want from their desktop? The Linux Foundation's survey has the answers. ...
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