The Linux laptops of 2009
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- The Linux laptops of 2009
- Microsoft allows HP to wipe Windows 7 with XP through 2010
- A Communal Vocation: Living Ubuntu
- Ubuntu Netbook Remix 9.04 Beta
- Will Google Android wreck Ubuntu?
The Linux laptops of 2009
ZDNet
With a 1 GHz ARM chip and $200 price point Microsoft may be unable to compete. Ubuntu is able to go there and announced.
Microsoft allows HP to wipe Windows 7 with XP through 2010
Apple Insider
The Win 7 Professional to XP Pro downgrade S will also discontinue on April 30th 2010. XP rights for home users and netbooks still uncertainWhether Microsoft will allow home users and other licensees apart from HP the right to sell new PCs with the bundled restore media to install a pre-Vista version of Windows still remains to be seen. If Microsoft does not it may face pressure from PC makers and even push them to begin shipping Ubuntu or their own customized edition of Linux on new PCs as Acer Dell HP and others have already begun doing in the netbook market. The inability of Windows Vista to run on netbooks forced Microsoft to offer very low cost licenses for Windows XP to kill off the threat of Linux finding a foothold on low cost hardware. Microsoft has promised that forthcoming versions of Windows 7 would run acceptably on netbooks but has yet to offer full specifics of how or how much those netbook licenses would cost. Ubuntu CE Mark Shuttleworth.
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A Communal Vocation: Living Ubuntu
Bi-College News
This Zulu word is used to describe the quintessence of humanity. There is not a translation in English but the basic resonation of this word is “I am because we are” or my survival is contingent on the survival of my brothers and sisters who trod this earth. The quintessence of life is interconnectedness. I am trying to approach this letter to its respective communities in love; however I honestly feel profound unrest.
Ubuntu Netbook Remix 9.04 Beta
SDir
:The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce the beta release of Ubuntu Netbook Remix 9. This is the first release of UNR to be fully integrated into the Ubuntu family fully up to date with the latest applications and hardware support. 04 Netbook Remix Edition brings a new easy to use interface that is designed to be used on the smaller screens of netbook devices.
Will Google Android wreck Ubuntu?
ZDNet
With their small footprint smaller price and lack of moving parts the form factor does have a lot in common economically with a smartphone. Android has been designed for smartphones. HP’s flirtation with Android is especially surprising given all the work it has done adapting Ubuntu to its Netbook line.
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