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IT Dojo video: Common mistakes to avoid when you’re installing Linux softwareThe release of Ubuntu and other user-friendly distributions has bolstered Linux’s popularity among IT pros and end-users alike. Yet Linux neophytes can still stumble over common tasks, like installing new software. In this IT Dojo video, Bill Detwiler discusses common mistakes people make w... |
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Dell Inspiron 910 netbook running Ubuntu spottedImages of Dell’s Inspiron 910 netbook running Ubuntu have found their way to Engadget. Initial rumors have suggested that Dell would be announcing the netbook today, Friday August 22nd, but so far there has been no word from the company. These new pictures, however, show a slightly modified ke ... |
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Sylvania's G Netbook Meso reviewed, pushed asideFiled under: LaptopsWe won't say it got picked dead last in kickball or anything, but Sylvania's G Netbook Meso certainly isn't the class king. The ho hum netbook was recently reviewed over at Laptop Mag, and while critics did applaud the Ubuntu Netbook Remix operating system and relatively great... |
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Open Virtual Machine Tools with Ubuntu HardyGetting a working vmtools installation into a freshly upgraded Ubuntu 8.04 is a simple matter of rebuilding the right modules against the newer kernel and rolling them up into a tarball. ... |
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Regular Linux Desktops on the XO"Me and Bobby Powers have spent a few hours smoothing out the process of getting fully-featured Linux desktops to boot on the XO laptop. On the whole, OLPC developers have been pretty good at getting code upstream, so only a few fixups are needed to get things operational on the XO." On... |
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Ubuntu at ToyotaI checked out the bank of beat up Gateways with vagabond keyboards in the corner. I wiggle the mouse, and up pops the Ubuntu Heron! Wow!The neat part is that other people are actually using them. ... |

