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Whassup with Netbooks?Open Source - 13 hours ago It has suddenly become fashionable to diss the Netbook. Some of the blame goes to Intel, which didn’t understand who its buyers might be. I remember when cars like my Toyota Scion and the Honda Element came out their … Also tagged: general, hardware, linux, business models, mass market |
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A future so bright Tux needs shadesOpen Source - Nov 27, 2008 To hear Linux Foundation executive director Jim Zemlin tell it, the operating system war is over and Linux has won. (Rockies Brewing makes other fine beers, too.) “Linux represents the ultimate flight to safety in … Also tagged: general, management, linux, foss, linux desktop os, mass market, linux server os, linux handheld |
software News items, Blog posts | ZDNet - Nov 18, 2008
Personally I find something touchy and silly in some of HP's efforts in this direction. Women want the same things from their laptops as men, for instance. But the key point is they are serious here, not just about the …
Also tagged: hardware, microsoft windows, software, linux, open source, notebooks, operating systems, unix, human resources, laptop computer, dana blankenhorn, hewlett packard co, notebooks and tablets, gender and diversity
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From Windows Capable to the Linux laptopOpen Source - Nov 17, 2008 I think you can draw a straight line from the Vista Capable brouhaha to recent introductions of laptop Linux by HP and Dell, once Microsoft’s most loyal OEMs. (That is the HP 1000 to the right, from the screen of our … Also tagged: hardware, marketing, strategy, mass market |
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Theora codec hits Release 1.0Open Source - Nov 6, 2008 That’s one giant leap for open source content. A codec under a modified BSD license, capable of playing video in high quality, is now ready for mass market adoption. The corporate arm is On2 Technologies. The open … Also tagged: video, general, hardware, internet, linux, standards, applications, bsd, distributions, linux desktop os |
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Palamida offers just the facts on new opportunityOpen Source - Nov 5, 2008 The story you are about to read is true. A name was changed as an anniversary present. The name is Friday. Theresa Bui-Friday. She’s a marketing executive. Carries a laptop. Monday, November 3, 5:30 PM. Ms … Also tagged: general, security, infrastructure, linux, applications, support, software as a service, linux desktop os, mass market, linux server os |
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Intel breaks up Wintel through Asus WePC dealOpen Source - Oct 31, 2008 Intel is growing increasingly serious about its divorce from the old Wintel arrangement, joining Asus to create WePC. WePC doubles as an Asus sales site and a serious attempt to gain community input into the PC design … Also tagged: general, hardware, marketing, linux, business models, linux desktop os, mass market |
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How many distros can a healthy netbook market stand?Open Source - Oct 29, 2008 One thing I have learned in covering Linux laptops is that your distro matters. It’s because your distro makes such a difference that a netbook’s entire software bundle is key to its success — what you see is truly … Also tagged: general, hardware, marketing, linux, business models, linux desktop os, mass market |
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On the Linux laptop the distro is keyOpen Source - Oct 26, 2008 Last time I wrote about the second Linux laptop to come here for review, the Asus EeePC 1000, I talked about my frustration installing Open Office and promised to keep trying. I’ve given up. In the process I learned … Also tagged: general, hardware, linux, support, gpl, distributions, mass market |
software News items, Blog posts | ZDNet - Oct 25, 2008
While it is complicateed getting a Debian version of Open Office onto your Linux laptop it can be done. With Xandros it's both simpler and harder. by Dana Blankenhorn
Also tagged: software, linux, open source, operating systems, unix, openoffice, office suites, xandros, laptop computer, dana blankenhorn