Many of us are still waiting for Asus to release their Eee Keyboard PC, now another company called Norhtec is releasing a keyboard PC, the Gecko Surfboard.
The Norhtec Gecko Surfboard is a full sized QWERTY keyboard with a PC inside, processing comes in the form of a 1.0GHZ Vortex86MX system on a chip, and it also has integrated graphics and audio.
Google has just released beta versions of its Chrome web browser for both Mac OS X and Linux, the software has been in development for some time since the first Windows version was released.
Google has said that it took longer than they expected to get the Mac and Linux versions out, but the wait should be worth it.
We have seen a few of these small form factor PCs from Compulab previously on Geeky Gadgets, the latest one is designed to be used with the new Windows 7, as well as Ubuntu Linux 8.04, plus Windows XP.
The CompuLab fit-PC2i is powered by a choice of Intel Atom processors, either an Intel Atom Z530 1.6GHz, or an Intel Atom Z510 1.1GHz processor, memory comes in the form of 1GB of DDr2 RAM as standard with the option to upgrade to 2GB.
Zotac has launched the ZOTAC MAG Nettop PC, which it is calling ‘the world’s first everywhere PC’.
The Zotac Mag comes with a choice of either an Intel Atom 300 or Atom 230 processors, 2GB of DDR2 RAM, and NVIDIA’s ION graphics processor.
We have featured some of the tiny Linux PCs from Linutop before on geeky gadgets, now there is a new version available the Linutop 3.
The Linutop 3 comes with a Via C7 1 GHz processor, 1GB of RAM, and up to 2GB of flash memory instead of a HDD, other specifications include Ethernet, VGA and DVI, and 6 USB 2.0 ports.
Shuttle is now offering a Linux version of its X50 All in One PC, the Shuttle X500V Ultra Thin All In One Linux PC.
The Shuttle X500V Ultra Thin All In One Linux PC, comes with openSUSE 11.1, and it features an Intel Atom 330 dual core 1.6GHz processor, 1GB of DDR2 RAM, a 160GB hard drive, and a 15.6 inch touchscreen LCD display, with a resolution of 1366×768.
Jesse Vincent has managed to get Linux running on his Amazon Kindle 2, he hacked the Kindle 2 using a Ubuntu 9.04 port to ARM running in a chrooted environment.
MontaVista the makers of embedded Linux systems have demonstrated a one second boot Linux build on the Freescale Semiconductor MPC5121e hardware which it has been designed for.
Even though this is an embedded system which only loads minimal drivers and programs it’s surely going to have a positive impact for the desktop Linux builds.
We featured the Always Innovating Touch Book back in March 09 when it was just a concept and we were excited about it then. Well its now in production and has all the promised features and has Linux OS and a built in accelerometer.
Some of our readers will remember the tiny Fit-PC that we featured on the site a while back, there is now a new version available, the fit-PC2, and this one comes with an Intel Atom processor.
The fit-PC2 is tiny measuring just 4 inches x 4.5 inches x 1.05 inches, and packed inside this tiny box is a 1.6GHz Intel Atom processor, 1GB of RAM,and a 2.5 inch SATA hard drive.
Marvell has launched a new tiny Linux PC, the SheevaPlug, which is designed to offer high performance, ultra compact, green computing.
The SheevaPlug is a tiny Linux PC inside a wall socket power adapter, which uses 1/10th of the power of a standard PC, and it is about the size of a standard poweline adapter.
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Here’s an interesting take on the Netbook, the new Gdium Liberty 1000, from Emtec, which features a removable SSD.
The Gdium Liberty 1000, comes with a choice of either an 8GB or 16GB removable SSD USB key, which they call the G-Key.
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