Ubuntu TV Demos At CES 2012

There have been rumours that Ubuntu would arrive on our TVs at some point, though few people would’ve expected it at this year’s Las Vegas CES. Nevertheless convention-goers can feast their eyes on a preview in Las Vegas. Granted, it’s largely a technical demo as opposed to a foretaste of the content we can look [...]

Fuduntu now supports Flash 10.2 and Google Chromium

Fuduntu is an operating system that is designed for netbooks as well as other small computers. It is based on Fedora Linux and based on its name, it is quite similar to the Ubuntu Linux. With the release of the 14.9 version, the new Fuduntu OS can now support the Google Chromium browser and the [...]

Ubuntu on a NOOKcolor

We have seen crafty hackers swapping OS before. We have written about an auto rooter for your NOOKcolor eBook Reader. Here is NOOKcolor eBook Reader running Ubuntu Linux. If you’d like to do it yourselves just follow these instructions. All you need is your Nookcolor and SD card with Ubuntu on it. It’s not that [...]

Atom Fanless CPU design on Linutop 3 nettop

Linutop has just released a mini desktop that is Linux-based with a processor that is low power. Now, they have released the Linutop 3 and they changed the existing VIA chip with an Intel Atom one. The device does not use top of the line components but compared to its older brother, it is a [...]

GPU Switching comes to Linux

Latest version of UCC has been released which includes numerous bug fixes and adds GPU-switching capability. This allows the users to switch between low- and high-performance graphics using the vga-switchero module. This features is god-sent for those who were looking to squeeze out some more battery runtime. [download]

ZaReason Teo – Linux Netbook

It is not an unknown fact that Linux OS is still not the choice of OS among the popular netbook vendors. That is why a Linux system builder, ZaReason has launched Teo Linux netbook to make people aware of versatility and power that Linux OS brings to its users.

This netbook features a 10-inch display and uses Atom N450 processor. The innards are right-down basic in nature – 1024×600 resolution, 2GB RAM, 160GB HDD, 6-cell battery. the axiomatic difference is the fact that it comes with Ubuntu netbook OS and a couple of cool Ubuntu stickers on the palmrest that scream that you are an Ubuntu geek.

Dell Mini 10v netbook review

Dell Mini 10v has been around from quite a while and is a great budget netbook sporting decent netbook specifications. This Dell Mini 10v is fine for typical business web-surfing and office work on-the-go. Read more to find out about it.

The Dell Mini 10v comes with an Intel Atom N280/N280 processor that runs at 1.6GHz/1.66GHz. It comes with Windows 7 Starter, XP Home Editon or Ubuntu Linux 8.04. Equipped with a 10.1-inch display with 1024×600 resolution, you get 160GB/250GB HDD or 32GB SSD for storage. It is available in variety of colors: black, white, pink, green, red, blue, and purple

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Ubuntu More popular than Britney Spears

The term “britney spears” is one of the most searched terms on Internet. But, the Ubuntu has surpassed the popularity of Britney Spears, at least on Internet.

Looking at the graph given below, it is clear that popularity of Ubuntu is multiplying infectiously. So what are you waiting for? Get Ubuntu on your netbook now!

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Ubuntu Netbook Remix to be renamed to Ubuntu Netbook Edition

The Ubuntu Netbook Remix will soon be given a new name Ubuntu Netbook Edition. Here is what the folks at Launchpad.net have to say about it:

Ubuntu Netbook Remix has now been a part of the Ubuntu cycle for two releases now, and it should drop the Remix, and become Ubuntu Netbook Edition. This spec is about what changes are needed to enable that.

We love Ubuntu and name change does not matter to us until and unless it harms the overall feature set.Read our Ubuntu 9.10 review

Jolicloud: No GMA 500 support – get Ubuntu 9.10 instead!

Jolicloud OS consistency with lots of new netbooks have been posted on the website. But there is no support for GMA 500 graphics powered netbooks.

Instead of going with Jolicloud, we would recommend our readers to go for something like Ubuntu 9.10 OS (review) or UBUNTU NBR for which GMA 500 drivers are already available.