By cobster | Published: October 15, 2009
In an effort to expand its ranks, the Linux Foundation has improved its selection of perks for members. New perks include hardware discounts and the availability of a lifetime e-mail forwarding account at the linux.com domain. The LF was formed in 2007 when the Open Source Development Labs merged with the Free Standards Group. The [...]
On Saturday, Sibyl Systems, an IT solutions provider and subcontractor in Central New York State announced that it will be taking over the exclusive distribution of the popular Ubuntu version in all future deployments. Ubuntu, based on the Debian version of Linux, is a desktop-focused, GUI version, and has caught a great deal of positive [...]
Want to get Debian running on your T-Mobile G1 (The only phone using Google Android, at present)? You do, even if no one has told you, until now. In less than 15 minutes, you’ll have Debian installed, and will have access to the many programs available for Debian, adding a great deal of versatility to [...]
Everyone has heard of Microsoft Windows, and most have head of the Apple OS X, and an even smaller number have heard of Linux (which is actually a group of independent operating system “builds” distributed under different names). Of those, one of the most popular is the version based on a Debian build, Ubuntu. But [...]
Is your PC a green machine? Can it function with a solar panel? Maybe it’s time time to look at the Aleutia E2, the green machine with a lot under the hood. It operates at 500Mhz, has 1GB of onboard memory, measures 4.5″x4.5″, and can be operated anywhere the sun shines, or using DC or [...]
Netbooks and UMPCs will soon have bundled or easily accessible access to many of Google’s online applications, thanks to the low cost and adapability of the Linux kernel. Since Google offers web-based applications, accessing them through the limited resources and battery life of mini PCs makes good sense. And Linux is already becoming a first [...]
At a cost of only US$130, this is probably the cheapest laptop we’re going to see in the next year or two. It has earphone and microphone connects, a triple USB port, a VGA port, and a mini-USB port,and has an option USB-to-LAN adapter. Manufactured in China, the downside is that you have order 100 [...]
In case you haven’t heard, Firefox version 3 was released on June 17th, and by June 18th over 8 million copies had been downloaded. It may take a week or two for the results to be in, but estimates say this may set a Guinness World Record for the most downloads of a single software [...]
Linux is known to be very efficient with a computer that is just new and out of the box. There are also ways known to make Linux run faster, meaner and leaner in your desktop. All that is required is a little bit to knowing how things work and little willingness towards running few commands [...]
Linux for Mobile Phones are released from the Linux Standards for Phone Forum (LIPS). This specification forms the interface for the user and form factor for the Linux reference phone design. The specification details also the telephony APIs, calendaring, scheduling and messaging, presence, interface services for the user, voice call enablers and address book. It [...]