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 [...]
I am writing this now because Ubuntu Lucid Lynx is still in beta and we can help, by letting Canonical know what is wrong with the distribution before the stable release hits the “markets”. Open source is not a democracy, but companies use beta versions to do “field testing”, right? We all want to make [...]
Who could have, just a year ago, predicted the dramatic changes in the netbook operating system world? The release of Windows 7 and cheaper hardware launched an exciting race for users between Linux and Windows, forcing both to take it up a notch, especially in the aesthetics department. This year might be the year of [...]
Posted on January 3, 2010, 00:06, by Greg, under
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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 [...]
While yours truly still remains in the Firefox camp, the speed of Google Chrome development is almost scary. Bookmark syncing (via Xmarks in my case) is a must-have for users like me (and likely some of you) who are constantly on the go and use multiple machines to do their work. Now you can sync [...]