Archive for the ‘Hardware’ Category

HOWTO: Intel GMA 500 (Poulsbo) on Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx

UPDATE 5/31/2010 – thanks to bibitte This script is not valid anymore (well it works, but there is a newer, better method). use this PPA repository, you can see instructions here: http://code.google.com/p/gma500/wiki/PPARepository A little heads up to every angry Intel GMA 500, “Poulsbo” chip-powered netbook owner who has not been following this great thread on [...]

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Linux and FOSS-related Predictions for 2010

First, I’d like to wish a Happy New Year to everyone! 2009 has been a very interesting year (at least as far as tech goes) and I’m sure we will see some amazing stuff this year, that is why I would like to make a few brave predictions. I am very excited about 2010, we [...]

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The Pointlessness of Google’s Chrome OS

I was initially reluctant to write a post about Chrome OS, seeing as  Engadget and the other heavy machinery immediately posted murky “details” about Google’s new lightweight operating system, even though everyone fully knew that any screenshots and technical data were most likely fake (as a side-note, I find Gizmodo’s “deep reading” Chrome OS article [...]

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Pretty Shocking Netbook Battery Life Comparison

An article on Netbook Review compares the battery life of numerous popular netbooks, e.g. the Asus Eee, MSI Wind, Dell Mini (Inspiron 9 and 12). What I found quite impressive was the long battery life of the MSI Wind (almost 7 hours!). On the other hand Dell’s mini laptops proved to be a great disappointment, [...]

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