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  • Why you should not pay for extended warranty if you use Linux

    Posted on Thursday December 17th, 2009 at 02:15 in hardware, Linux, netbooks

    I have read a rather sad story today. Apparently the Best Buy Geeks squad refused to service the machine of someone who had purchased an $80 extended warranty for its netbook just because he had installed Ubuntu Linux. This story not only shows how ...

  • Why ChromeOS is a Smartbook OS

    Posted on Monday December 7th, 2009 at 07:14 in Linux, Portable Devices, netbooks

    Now that Google's Linux based ChromeOS has been fully revealed and is actually available for some machines, one thing appears clearly: ChromeOS is more like a Smartbook OS than a Netbook OS. Let's sum up what ChromeOS is about: it is the Chrome Brows...

  • Linux mint 8 is here

    Posted on Monday November 30th, 2009 at 06:18 in Linux

    Just a small post to inform you that Linux Mint 8 (aka Helena) is here. Linux Mint is based on Ubuntu 9.10 (aka Karmic Koala), but includes DVD, java and flash support in the default installation, meaning that most users won't have to install any ext...

  • Silverlight multi-platform support is falling apart.

    Posted on Wednesday November 25th, 2009 at 02:47 in internet, apple, windows, Linux

    I had previously pointed out that the lack of supported platforms was a serious problem for Silverlight, especially when compared to Flash. The root of the problem was that Moonlight, the Linux version of Silverlight, is usually at least one release ...

  • Has PC gaming lost it\'s way?

    Posted on Friday November 20th, 2009 at 03:25 in windows

    Even if I my Linux netbook is my main machine nowadays, there is one thing for which it can't replace my trusty Windows XP desktop: gaming. I have long been a fan of playing on the PC rather than on consoles because in my opinion a mouse is required ...

  • Is Ubuntu broken?

    Posted on Thursday November 12th, 2009 at 10:31 in Linux

    There seems to be quite a few concerns and complains about recent Ubuntu releases. Are there really that many regressions and instabilities with the latest releases of Ubuntu? Probably! Should we accept that in a production OS? No, but there is some...

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