AMD and MeeGo Linux project

The MeeGo is an open source technological project that is based on Linux and AMD has stated that it will support the project and will carry it. Since Linux is open, MeeGo is expected to run on everything that has a microprocessor inside. This is good news since if there is an open source platform, [...]

Leeenux v3 released

Ok, we admit, we are a bit late on reporting this, but better late than never, eh? Alright, there is a new version of the Leeenux Linux OS in town that that brings a pile of improvements over the previous version. Compared to the earlier version, that took tits and bits from the EasyPeasy Linux OS, the version 3 uses Ubuntu Minimal as its base and features new kernel; new UNR menu and brings miscellaneous improvements and additions over the previous version.

The Leeenux is being touted as the best OS for the Eee 70x netbooks, as it does not gobbles up space like other distros. The download size is mere 450MB and after installation, it occupies just 1.3GB which makes it a perfect OS for the netbooks where storage space is a concern. Oh, and everything runs perfectly out-of-the box, at least on Eee 701G

Note that it runs just fine on other Atom-powered netbooks too.

Read our Leeenux review (version 2)

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Linux strikes back; gets 1/3 Netbook OS market share

This year, nearly 35 million netbooks pre-loaded with Linux shipped this year. This is surprising considering the fact that the ASUS left the Xandros (Linux OS) in the dark few months back and solely concentrated on Windows netbooks. Acer, too stopped selling their Linux Lite-based netbooks and started selling only Windows XP netbooks. Dell seems to be the only one that is still selling netbooks that come with Ubuntu pre-installed.

Another possibility can be that people bought netbooks with some flavor of Linux OS pre-installed, not from Acer or Asus, and then installed Windows OS on it. Almost all the netbooks have their XP/7 drivers online, so getting the drivers for a particular netbook is not a very difficult job.

Moblin 2.0 comes out of BETA – now available for download

Moblin 2.0, a Linux OS and an open source project focused on building a Linux-based platform optimized for the next generation of mobile devices including Netbooks, Mobile Internet Devices, and In-vehicle infotainment systems.

[Moblin official website] [Download the final Moblin 2.0 image]

After being available as BETA to the users from past few months, Moblin has finally announced the final version of it. Give it a go guys!

Dell Mini 10v now being offered with Moblin Linux OS – World’s First Moblin Netbook

At IDF 2009, Dell announced to offer the Dell Mini 10v with Moblin Linux OS (they are instead using the name “Ubuntu Moblin Remix Developer Edition”). This makes it the first Moblin netbook and will start selling it on 24 September 2009 at the price tag of $299.

As its name suggests, the Dell Mini 10v is targeted towards the developers and not for the average consumer, which is weird as Moblin OS is one fo the most polished Linux OS ever made for netbooks. On a weird note, the bluetooth does not work on the Dell Mini 10V even though it has BT onboard.

For those who do not know about Moblin, it is a project by Intel to bring optimized Linux OS to the mobile devices.

No wonder Linux netbooks are not selling ‘that’ well! – Microsoft teaches Best Buy to trash Linux

Microsoft has confirmed (to dailyfinance) that it actually DOES train the Best Buy Employees the ‘important’ differences between Linux and Windows Computers. Few Best Buy employees leaked the training slides on the web which depict the Microsoft’s Anti-Linux agenda “Linux does not support many common applications and online services like iTunes, Zune, Quicken, Photoshop, and Office 2007″. They even go one step ahead and simply said “Linux is not safer than Windows”

Our take on the aforementioned claims by MSFT:

1) Linux does not support many common applications and online services like iTunes, Zune, Quicken, Photoshop, and Office 2007:

Linux may not be having the exact apps, but it has alternatives that do the same stuff. All that for free. For Photoshop, one can get GIMP. For Office, Openoffice and many others. There is even an app for syncing music with your iPod!

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ATM – A theme manager for the Xandros Linux OS

Sunnynarula18, a geek and Linux enthusiast who loves to mess around with the themes and GUI of the Xandros based Linux OS has come up with n excellent utility that lets you manage themes for the Xandros OS easily.

ATM is the theme manager with features that include changing themes , backgrounds , and icon modes. The bouncy icon mode is the one i like the most it increases the size of selected icons on the launcher by 12% compared to normal icons displaying a nice and cool bounce roll over effect when the icon is highlighted.

Here is a video of the bounce effect.

Fanciful, I must say!

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Why is Linux unable to take off? – How can Windows 7 affect Linux?

This is a topic that has been discussed trillion times on the Internet. Now, with Windows 7′s release right round the corner, it is important to know where the Linux OS goes from here.

ASUS was the first manufacture that revolutionized the world of netbooks. Their first netbook, known as EEE 701 ran Xandros OS, which is a Linux-based OS. The company was able to maintain low price for it as the Linux OS is free of charge, which helps the company to reduce the price of their netbooks.

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Linux OS screenshots of Always Innovating TouchBook

Always Innovating has uploaded some screenshots of the custom Linux OS that will be launched with the Touch Book. The Touchbook is an 8.9-inch tablet netbook that has a detachable display.

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How To Control CPU Speed of your Atom-powered ASUS EEE PC in Ubuntu Linux

Since the release of Ubuntu 9.04 Linux for netbooks, I have finally started using Linux more than I used to. However, there was one thing that I found that was missing from the Ubuntu that ASUS offered for Windows XP: Super Hybrid Engine (SHE). This allowed you to downscale the speed of the processor which played an active part in improving the battery life. Unfortunately, ASUS never made SHE available for the Linux OS. Luckily, Grigori of geekmind.org has made a utility known as eee-control that lets you downscale as-well-as upscale the CPU speed as per your requirement.

eee-control is an easy-to-use utility for controlling Eee PC hardware under Linux. It can toggle hardware (WiFi, Bluetooth, etc.) on and off, lets you configure all hardware hotkeys, enables aggressive powersaving, and more.

Now, when I am on AC-power, I use my EEE 1000H in performance mode and when I am mobile, I use it under powersave mode to prolong the battery life. Earlier, I used to get 3.5-4 hours in Linux and now, I am able to get 5 hours in Ubuntu Linux, which is pretty respectable for a netbook.

The eee-control automatically starts when you log-in and resides in the taskbar so that you always have access to it when needed.