Tag: LINUX

Dell has long made the vast majority of its money selling Windows-based PCs. In mid 2007, the company did start selling some computers pre-loaded with Ubuntu, but they were not heavily promoted, and the selection left something to be desired. It appears, though, that the company is prepared to push a little harder on behalf of the open-source OS. A new post on the Dell Ubuntu page extols the ...

Share It seems that every time Ubuntu gets an update there's talk about how the new version will finally usher in the era of user-friendly Linux and turn the open-source operating system (OS) into a serious competitor to OS X and Windows. We've been running the latest version, 10.04 (code-named Lucid Lynx), since it first hit beta in mid-March. While we have a hard time seeing it replace ...

OS When shopping for a PC, your first, and most important, decision lies in picking the operating system (OS) you intend to use. This determines the software and hardware available to you, and how much effort you'll have to put into securing and maintaining your PC. Windows 7 Windows is the dominant player in the computer world, and with good reason. It has the largest catalog of available ...

While 3-D TVs and slate PCs stole most of the attention at CES, there were plenty of interesting developments afoot in the normally mundane world of laptops and netbooks. (Yes, we're lumping them together. What is a netbook but a laptop for people with nothing to do but check Facebook?) There were laptops made out of recycled plastics, new connectivity technologies, surprising Linux demos, and ...

Yesterday, at Intel's CES keynote, Paul Otellini unveiled the AppUp Center, similar to the iTunes App Store but geared toward netbooks and MIDs (Mobile Internet Device). While our friends at Engadget were busy wondering "why you would need an app store for a Windows netbook," and while The Register was inexplicably declaring that Intel was reinventing software sales, we were mulling over the ...

Ok, so it took a little over a year, but Google has finally brought its super speedy Chrome browser to Linux and OS X (To be fair, the cutting edge could install Chrome on their *nix-based machines for some time, but today it became official with the unveiling of beta). Like its Windows counterpart, the Linux and Mac versions of Chrome pass the Acid 3 Web standards test and have support for ...

Linux has long been lauded for its low hardware requirements and fast operation. It's even been crammed into cell phones, like those powered by Google's Android. Yet Linux creator Linus Torvalds seems to think the little operating system that could is getting a little soft around the middle. According to the Register, Torvalds told a roundtable during this week's LinuxCon that Linux was getting ...

Parents of newborns sometimes devise ingenious MacGyver-esque devices to keep their babies entertained, or to, more importantly, soothe them to sleep. One inventive techie, who goes by the YouTube handle macjonesnz, has created a ridiculously inexpensive self-rocking chair using only his computer and a piece of string. The creative parent, using Ubuntu Linux, wrote a program commanding his ...

Part of the problem with getting the American public to consider Linux a viable option to Windows or Mac OS X is the ridiculous number of varieties of distributions. Ubuntu, which we've covered before, just happens to be the most popular, but there is also SUSE, SlackWare, Debian, even Google's Android is built around Linux. This leads to confusion, but worse are the unnecessary, heavily ...

When Paul Boutin of the New York Times' Gadget Wise blog wanted to convert his aging Toshiba laptop into a blazing-fast, blogging powerhouse, he took some unconventional steps in the name of performance. For starters, one of his five controversial ways to speed up your PC is uninstalling your antivirus software, which is definitely a bad idea. While we're on board with some of Boutin's other ...

Sure, you've all heard of Windows and Apple's OS X, and at least some of you are familiar with Linux, but those aren't the only operating systems out there. Many of you have probably never heard of NeXTStep, the operating system developed by Steve Jobs's company NeXT after he left Apple. NeXTStep eventually became the basis for OS X when Jobs was asked to rejoin the home of the Mac. NeXTStep was ...

You might not even realize it, but when you first log onto your PC, dozens of programs and services are starting that you most likely don't need. Some rear their ugly heads in the system tray (that little collection of icons next to the clock in Windows), but others run quietly in the background with you none the wiser. Now, don't get scared, these instructions will take you to corners of your ...

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/linux_unix/Android_Tattoo_Girl'; Natalie "Kommodore" Thompson just joined the rarified ranks of Zune Guy and the BlackBerry Storm Cankle Man with her very own Android tattoo. While obviously a fan of the brand new mobile OS, she says she did it mostly to show her support of open source in general, and ol' Tux lost out to the more-adorable little green bot (known ...

Let us just say that we hate IM-speak and Webby abbreviations, but being that this is a family-friendly publication, a simple "WTF" will have to suffice for our reaction on this one. Our minds are really blown by this: A middle school teacher, Karen, had a mini-meltdown when she spotted a student showing off the capabilities of his Linux-powered laptop and handing out Linux discs provided by ...

Bad news Google-philes, T-Mobile has stopped taking pre-orders for the Android-powered G1, at least for now. Apparently, demand for for the new handset has been so high that T-Mobile has ceased being able to even estimate when you might be able to get your hands on the device. Attempting to order the device results in this message being displayed: "Sorry! Due to the overwhelming popularity of ...