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- Xubuntu 8.04 stellar on low-power machines
- Xubuntu 8.04 stellar on low-power machinesXubuntu 8.04 on low-power machinesI plan to load Xubuntu on two old machines -- so thanks for the info. I have had some success putting Puppy on some very old (98) machines. Why don't you try Puppy 3.01 or the latest beta (very...
- Tags: Linux, Memory, Microsoft Windows XP, OPEN SOURCE, Xubuntu, Xubuntu 8.04, low-power machine
- Discussion threads 2008-05-04
- Blu-ray Disc and PCs: The Importance of Recordability and Archiving
- Blu-ray Disc and PCs: The Importance of Recordability and ArchivingLive multisession Blu-Ray to replace hard drive?For nearly a year I've been doing my computing exclusively with a small (60~80 MB) yet full-featured version of Linux called Puppy Linux. It was originally developed to boot from a "live" CD...
- Tags: Consumer electronics, Blu-ray, PC, Puppy Linux, DVD, hard drive, Puppy, archiving, Blu-ray disc
- Discussion threads 2006-12-11
- "Lightweight" Linux?
- "Lightweight" Linux?Xfce window managerXfce is a nice fast lightweight window manager for old i486 machines.http://www.xfce.org/The Min Spec's for A Linux SystemThe Min Spec's for A Linux SystemAssuming you are using Xvesa instead of a more robust xServer ande using fluxbox/blackbox as WM Manager you can get away with a 486DX...
- Tags: Broadband Internet, Network technology, OPEN SOURCE, http://www.goosee.com/puppy/, DSL, MB Linux Distro, Winmodem, Puppy, DSL IS, Min Spec, XFce, Linux, Austrumi
- Discussion threads 2005-09-14
- Calif. judge to consider throwing out Google suit
- Calif. judge to consider throwing out Google suitLooks like Microsoft will cut bait and run.MS is trying to settle the lawsuits and put an end to the bad publicity. About the only thing they have managed to do is put a spotlight on the fact that the best and brightest...
- Tags: Broadband Internet, Network technology, Min Spec, http://www.goosee.com/puppy/, DSL, Google Inc., MB Linux Distro, Microsoft Corp., DSL IS, Puppy, Winmodem, Austrumi
- Discussion threads 2005-09-14
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- 2008 Pwnie Award nominees announced
- Well, after getting 134 nominations, and spending countless hours pulling out nominees, the judges for the 2008 Pwnie Awards have announced the final nominees to be voted on. From the site: The final list of nominees for the nine Pwnie Award categories is ...
- Tags: Nominee, Vulnerability, XSS, Attack, Flaw, Dan, XSS Flaw, Lifelock, Security, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-07-21
- European telcos squeal: should we care?
- European telcos squeal: should we care?Dennis is a true European!His blog makes it perfectly clear. He talks about the "charges we're forced to pay by telecoms operators" sic when traveling internationally. That verbiage could have come right out of Brussels. Who is forcing Dennis to pay those charges? Nobody! If...
- Tags: Government, Telecom & Utilities, Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Regulations, Dennis, telecommunications company
- Discussion threads 2008-07-15
- Best Buy to sell Ubuntu for $19.99
- Best Buy to sell Ubuntu for $19.99stop the madness"the learning curve is steeper for those wanting to do more with the any OS"Dre`, once you realize that you are a 'Windows power user' and NOT a computer expert, you would not fail so often.I tend to agreethat 60 days would...
- Tags: Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, WINDOWS USERS, Ubuntu, Best Buy Co. Inc., Microsoft Windows, Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-07-11
- Eclipse Foundation delivers Ganymede train with 23 cars, but where are the cloud on-ramps?
- Now that the Eclipse Foundation has proven it mettle with delivery of consistent and complete packages of downloads -- now's the time to take this puppy to the cloud. I'd like to see more integration between Eclipse products and cloud-based development, integration and deployment services. And I'm not alone on...
- Tags: Eclipse, Eclipse Foundation, Amazon Web Services, DTP, Ganymede Web Site, Java Development Tools, Open Source, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2008-06-27
- Apple: 35 percent of Fortune 500 in iPhone beta
- Apple CEO Steve Jobs went a little enterprise in his Worldwide Developer Conference WWDC keynote and put some numbers behind iPhone's traction. As most of the world has known, the iPhone 2.0 software as three parts: Enterprise support, the software development kit SDK and new features. ...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Steve Jobs, Apple Inc., Beta, Ed, Corporate Communications, 3G, Marketing, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-06-09
- WWDC 2008 live
- Live updates and analysis on Steve Job's keynote address at the 2008 Apple Worldwide Developers Conference: 11:50 am: Steve leaves the stage... that's it? What, no Mac announcements other than Snow Leopard? No tablet? No new MacBook? Waaaa. 11:45 am: Available July 11th in...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Phone, Steve Job, Enigmo, 3G, Games, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Ed Burnette
- Blog posts 2008-06-09
- Ubuntu netbook remix gets me closer to that netbook I've been wanting
- Ubuntu netbook remix gets me closer to that netbook I've been wantingAwful default wallpaper, but otherwise....Good news for me too, because I plan to buy a cheap netbook as well. And Ubuntu suits me fine.A pity though, that this fine piece of software is apparently "adorned" by what's surely the...
- Tags: Linux, OPEN SOURCE, Ubuntu, Ubuntu Netbook Remix
- Discussion threads 2008-06-04
- How fast will you upgrade your Linux installation?
- How fast will you upgrade your Linux installation?UpgradeI've just upgraded my dualboot win98 / PCLinuxOS pc. The new Puppy Linux 4.00 came out a few weeks ago and I installed it and made my pc into a triple boot pc. But Puppy Linux is so fast that I am now...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Operating systems, Servers, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Inc., Linux, Fedora Project, Linux Installation
- Discussion threads 2008-05-22
- MacBook Err
- A Kodawarisan reader found this MacBook Air on display at a store in AKIHABARA Japan. The MBA has what appears to be an error keyboard with an extra F10 key where the F11 key should be. The store manager claims that it arrived that way and is unmodified....
- Tags: Apple MacBook, Notebooks, Keyboards, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Peripherals, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-05-20
- It's finally official: XP is coming to the XO
- It's finally official: XP is coming to the XOMS themselves have not accomplished this yet...with satisfactory results, so I doubt you will have any success. Why don't you try Xubuntu or Puppy Linux on a USB drive? Or sell it on eBay? http://xubuntublog.wordpress.com/2007/07/03/xubuntu-feisty-now-from-usb-drive/http://www.pendrivelinux.com/2006/03/25/puppy-linux-on-usb/TripleIIThen drop the Linux version"Let the...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows XP, XP IS, One Laptop Per Child project, Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-05-15
- Exclusive: First look at the FastMac U-Charge (updated)
- Here's an exclusive sneak peak of FastMac's newest product: U-Charge. U-Charge is a portable, standalone charger that connects directly to the battery's terminals to recharge the battery quickly and efficiently. It's compatible with over nine years of Apple laptop batteries as well as after-market/third party replacements like...
- Tags: Apple PowerBook, Apple MacBook, Battery, FastMac U-Charge, Engineering, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- Linux's biggest victory so far - Splashtop to ship on ASUS motherboards
- Linux's biggest victory so far - Splashtop to ship on ASUS motherboardsI want one! But....How often is this BIOS replacement going to be updated? A normal BIOS gets a few updates flashes and then stays the same. That's no problem; it poses no security risks.But a BIOS replacement like this,...
- Tags: BIOS, UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Cable, Splashtop, ASUS, Linux, Asus Motherboard, motherboard
- Discussion threads 2008-05-14
- Content Protection madness on Vista
- Content Protection madness on VistaBlu-Ray Deserves To FailI agree and am with you 100%. DRM will go away when consumers vote with their wallets. We have already seen some of this with the music industry.Blu-Ray/Sony = EPIC FAILBlu-Ray can kiss my DVD-Loving butt :)I would love to see...
- Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Digital media, Consumer electronics, digital-rights management, Content Protection, Microsoft Windows Vista, HDCP, mplayer, DVD, DRM IS
- Discussion threads 2008-05-14
- Poll of the Day - How old is your main computer?
- Poll of the Day - How old is your main computer?Had to checkTime passes so quickly- I answered 1 year, but then had to check my Newegg confirmation email, and yep- 6/18/07=CPU COOLER TT|CI-P0374 R - Retail (Qty=1, Price=$19.99)KB&MS MS|BASIC BLK VALUE PK PS2/US% - OEM (Qty=1, Price=$16.99)CASE FAN|SS 120MM...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, PRODUCTIVITY, OPEN SOURCE, Processors, Desktops, Most Linux user, computer, Qty=1, Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-05-01
- Microsoft internal memo details Windows 7-Windows Live ties
- Microsoft internal memo details Windows 7-Windows Live tiesI take it ....“We have an opportunity to make it much easier for customers to ‘get started’ with Windows Live. Our goal should be to have customers log in, type their Live ID, and then they are automatically ’set up’ with Live. For...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, details Windows 7-Windows Live ty, details Windows 7-Windows Live, internal memo, Microsoft Windows Live
- Discussion threads 2008-04-28
- If my kid doesn't like Linux now...
- If my kid doesn't like Linux now...So if you buy your kid a Chevyand he demands a Hummer, do you cave in?Because the XP machine was, surprisingly, rampant with malware.Just what you want, a virtual machine running tons of virtual malware, virtual spamware, spyware, and probably botted. So, if...
- Tags: Instant messaging, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Ubuntu, Linux Now, gOS Rocket-E, Linux, old laptop, laptop computer, Microsoft Windows XP
- Discussion threads 2008-04-28
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