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$265 Spark Linux Tablet Detailed And Launch Dates Revealed

Julian Horsey — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:00:33 +0000

Following on from the unveiling last week of the new $265 Spark Linux Tablet. The developers Spark project has today revealed more details about their new tablet which is expected to start shipping in May, with pre-ordering starting this month.

Spark project reveals that the new Spark Linux Tablet will be equipped with a 1 GHz AMLogic ARM Cortex-A9 CPU, supported by 512MB RAM and Mali 400 graphics powering its 7 inch, 800 x 480 pixel capacitive multitouch display.

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$265 Spark Linux Tablet Announced

Roland Hutchinson — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:59:22 +0000

A new Linux tablet has been announced, the Spark which will retail for $265 and will run the KDE Plasma Active interface, the tablet was announced by KDE plasma Active team member Aaron Seigo.

The Spark tablet comes with a 1GHz AMLogic processor, with Mali 400 graphics and it features a 7 inch capacitive multi-touch touchscreen display, plus 512GB of RAM.

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Pandora Linux Based Open Source Gaming Console Finally Available To Pre-order (video)

Julian Horsey — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 09:55:25 +0000

Four years ago a project was started to create Pandora, an open source Linux based handheld gaming console, powered by an ARM processor. Now after a long development process and funding to the tune of around half a million Euros from dedicated fans of the Pandora console, its now available to pre-order.

The specifications of the Pandora console haven’t really changed much since the project started, so a handheld gaming device that was at the top of the curve regards specifications four years ago, is now looking a little more down to earth. The Pandora does still pack in some great features though that are not available on other handheld gaming consoles.

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Ubuntu Unveils New HUD Menu System, Dropping Traditional Menus (video)

Julian Horsey — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:03:14 +0000

Ubuntu has unveiled a new innovative user interface system called Head-Up-Display (HUD) today which it has been testing, and has designed to replace the traditional menu system used by nearly every computer software application to date.

The new user interface has been designed to provide a HUD that would search through all the possible commands to find the action you’re looking for. Watch the video after the break to see the new user interface in action.

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Linux Mint 12 Launches, Now Available To Download

Julian Horsey — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 10:08:08 +0000

This week the development team behind the popular Linux Mint operating system, have announced the arrival of their latest creation in the form of Linux Mint 12. Linux Mint has been chasing the Ubuntu Linux operating for sometime. But the development team behind Mint 12 have included a number of new features as well as new artwork, which will pro dive Ubuntu with a very worthy competitor.

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Ubuntu Arriving On Tablets, TVs And Smartphones

Julian Horsey — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:46:17 +0000

This week Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth has unveiled that the company is currently working on a new versions of its Ubuntu operating system for smartphones, tablets and televisions

However the launch of the new operating system is still a few years from being released and is expected to arrive sometime before the next LTS in April 2014. The reason for the lengthy development is to make sure that the new interface platform will be coherent across all devices and will share the same core making it easier to develop apps across platforms.

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Linux Kernel 3.1 Update Brings Range Of New Features Including Support For NFC And Nintendo’s Wii Controller

Julian Horsey — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 11:01:13 +0000

After a few weeks delay due to a security breach at the kernel.org website, Linus Torvalds has released Linux kernel 3.1 update which brings with it a range of new features. The new Linux version took around 3 months to develop and includes enhancements that improve the speed or expand the capabilities of both the KVM and Xen virtualisation systems.

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Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot Arrives, And Ready To Download

Julian Horsey — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 07:56:20 +0000

The latest version of Ubuntu 11.10 has now arrived and is ready to download in its final release version, and includes some great new features. Including the new Ubuntu Software Centre which gives you instant access to thousands of apps. Where you can compare and read reviews on each before you install them on your system. The new OS will now also keep all your applications synchronised across all your Ubuntu computers.

Other features include the new Launcher which sits on the left-hand side of your screen, and has been designed to make launching your favourite tools and applications as easy as possible. In a similar vein to other operating systems you can use it to keep track of your open applications and windows and set it to automatically hide itself when not required.

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Gigabyte A2 160GB Mini Hard Drive

Julian Horsey — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 09:42:20 +0000

This week Gigabyte have launched the new tiny external hard drive In Taiwan, in the form of the Gigabyte A2 which measures just 78 x 59 x 13mm and weighs in at just 80g.

The new Gigabyte A2 160 GB capacity drives are equipped with a shock and vibration absorption technology to help protect your data when the drive is dropped or bumped.

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Ubuntu One Now Offers 5GB Of Cloud Storage For Free

Julian Horsey — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 13:26:06 +0000

In celebration of reaching 1 million users Ubuntu One has this week announced it has increased the capacity of its free Ubuntu One online cloud storage from 2GB to 5GB. Ubuntu One Basic will become Ubuntu One Free and users will get 5GB of free storage when they set up an account, and existing users of Ubuntu One Basic will automatically increase to the new 5GB limit.

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Galaxy Tab 10.1 Running Ubuntu On Android, Becomes ‘Tabuntu’ (video)

Julian Horsey — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 13:19:25 +0000

A great demonstration of Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 running Ubuntu on Android has been putt together to show whats possible on Android. Ubuntu has been loaded on to the Tab without replacing the Android OS and runs in the background, “chrooted” or like a virtual machine.

One of the problems with Android even though it is based on Linux you cant actually run any native Linux programs on Android. The new ’Tabuntu’ device as it has now been dubbed gets around this and will now allow you to run native Linux programs on your Android tablet without the need to first remove the Android OS. Watch a video of the new ’Tabuntu’ device in action after the jump.

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Linux Live LiLi, The Bootable Linux Thumb Drive Creation Software

Julian Horsey — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 15:26:06 +0000

Linux Live have created a neat little software package that can help you create Bootable Linux OS thumb drives that can be opened under Windows. LiLi allows you to create live USB stick with any distro you would like enabling you to save files and setting between reboots.

Each drive you create using LiLi comes with is own VirtualBox allowing you to boot it from directly from within Windows. No knowledge of VirtualBox is required as it automatically creates an .exe file on your new Linux drive that will take you directly into a virtualised session of your desired mobile distro.

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Linux Celebrates 20th Birthday By Releasing Kernel Version 3 By Linus Torvald

Julian Horsey — Tue, 31 May 2011 08:54:37 +0000

This year Linux is celebrating its 20th Birthday since its release by Linus Torvalds on August 26, 1991, and to celebrate the occasion, Linus Torvalds has now updated the open source OS kernel to version 3.0. The new Linux 3.0 RC1 (93 MB) download was published on the kernel.org mailing list at about 6 pm PST marking a new era for the Linux open source operating system.

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Bridgestone AeroBee e-Paper Is A Power Efficient Marvel

Glenn Santos — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 14:19:34 +0000

The race to create the most viable e-paper is a vicious one. Japanese tire makers Bridgestone refuse to be left behind and recently demoed their A4 sized AeroBee prototype for the Display 2011 trade show. The 800 x 600 resolution e-paper is being touted as among the most power efficient in existence. Thanks to its 75 dpi pixel, reading and taking note son it seems as normal as real paper.

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20 Years Of Linux 1991 – 2011 Celebration Video

Julian Horsey — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 14:20:34 +0000

Linux is 20 years old this summer and over the past twenty years has grown from a hobby code into the Linux operating system we rely on today, now running on 95 percent of the world’s super computers we use for daily communications.

Linux is literally everywhere: in your phone, at your ATM, in your TV, on your desktop, at the movies and in your car to name just a few places.

Twenty years ago Linus Torvalds made a bold decision to share his operating system with the world, and then chose to license it under the General Public License, changing the world of computing forever. Watch a video of Linux history unfold after the jump.

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Meego Tablet OS Source Released As SDK

Julian Horsey — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 09:59:17 +0000

Meego have this week announced that they are released the Meego Linux-based source code to encourage developers to take the reins and develop innovative applications and take the OS forward.

The Meego OS has been created for use on tablets, netbooks and smartphones and is an open source project led by the MeeGo Technical Steering Group (TSG) and is hosted by the Linux Foundation.

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Hercules Launches New eCAFE Netbooks

Roland Hutchinson — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 15:02:21 +0000

Hercules has launched a new range of eCAFE netbooks, the eCAFE Slim HD and the eCAFE EX HD, both models are designed to be ultra portable, and the EX HD is designed to provide up to 13 hours of usage.

Both models comes with a Cortex A8 processor, and Linux as the OS, you get 512MB of RAM a standard and 8GB of storage in the eCAFE Slim HD or 16GB of storage in the eCAFE EX HD, plus 50GB of online storage.

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Kiwi PC Launches Linux Destop PC For Senior Citizens

Roland Hutchinson — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 14:46:33 +0000

Kiwi PC has launched a new Linux desktop PC, which it says is designed for ‘Senior Citizens’, this new Linux desktop PC runs Ubuntu Linux , and is designed to make it to connect to the web, use email and various software applications.

The Kiwic PC features large icons and text making them easier to view, and it features a fully customizable ‘Me Menu’ which is designed to provide users with access to their most viewed websites and programs direct from the computers desktop.

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Fuduntu 14.9 OS Released Supporting Flash 10.2 And Chromium 9

Julian Horsey — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 12:02:44 +0000

Fuduntu 14.9 stable has now been released of the stripped down Linux distribution which gets its name from being somewhere between the Fedora and Ubuntu and optimised for netbooks and portable devices.

Fuduntu 14.9 integrates several new technologies unique to the distribution designed to improve the user experience including support for Adobe Flash Plugin 10.2 and Chromium 9 (Stable).

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OpenSUSE 11.4 Includes LibreOffice 3.3.1

Julian Horsey — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 11:31:34 +0000

The latest release of OpenSUSE 11.4 the general purpose operating system built on top of the Linux kernel and developed by the community-supported openSUSE Project has now been released.

The new OpenSUSE 11.4 distribution is the first to include the LibreOffice open source office applications suite, rather than the Oracle-sponsored OpenOffice office software.

In September 2010 following Oracle’s takeover of the OpenOffice project as part of its acquisition of Sun, some members of the OpenOffice.org Project formed a new group called The Document Foundation and made available a rebranded fork of OpenOffice.org, which they dubbed LibreOffice.

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LiMo 4 Linux Based OS Unveiled At MWC

Julian Horsey — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 15:32:54 +0000

The LiMo Foundation, a global consortium of leading mobile operators, device and technology vendors, announced the launch of LiMo 4, the latest release of the LiMo Platform at the MWC in Barcelona.

The new version of the Linux based mobile OS brings with it a a number of improvements to the platform, including improved widget support, multimedia support, social networking and location based services, multi-tasking and multi-touch capabilities.

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Apple AirPlay Running ON XBMC Linux Box (Video)

Roland Hutchinson — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 11:39:52 +0000

Some of our readers will remember the AirPlay Hack that let you turn you Mac into an Apple TV, it was created by TUAW editor Erica Sadun, now we have another cool AirPlay Hack, this time from digsimhomelinuxorg.

This time AirPlay running on an iPad with XBMC installed on a Unbuntu Linux Box, you can see it in action in the video below.

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Jolicloud Jolibook Available In the UK From Friday?

Roland Hutchinson — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 18:20:48 +0000

According to the WSJ, the Jolicloud Jolibook which we featured on the site previously will be available in the UK from Friday the 19th of November, and will be available in other countries after that.

The Jolibook features a dual core Intel Atom N550 1.5GHz processor, and has a 250GB hard drive, and also features a 10.1 inch LCD display, plus it runs the Jolicloud OS, which is a Linux based operating system.

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Kinect Already Hacked And Working With Open Source Drivers (video)

Julian Horsey — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 17:05:28 +0000

Just three hours after the European launch Hector Martin has already hacked Microsofts new Kinect motion system and enabled it to run under Linux open source drivers with support for RGB input as well as depth sensing. Watch the video after the jump to see it in action.

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Kno Dual Screen Tablet To Retail For $899

Roland Hutchinson — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 09:03:13 +0000

Some of our readers will remember the Kno dual screen tablet that is designed to be used by college students, the company has just announced the pricing and the dual screen version will retail for $899, whilst the single screen version will retail for $599.

The Kno Textbook is a tablet platform that is designed to replace text books, and be used by college students, although we think the price may be a little high.

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Habey WIT-1800 Fanless Atom Powered PC

Roland Hutchinson — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 13:15:56 +0000

Habey has added another fanless PC to their line up with the launch of the Habey WIT-1800. The WIT-1800 is a fanless embedded PC with an Intel Atom processor.

It also feature four mini-PCIe slots, dual SIM and 3G wireless support, and it uses an Intel Atom N450 processor or a D410 dual core processor.

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Tablet Created From Hacked $170 Insignia Infocast Viewer

Julian Horsey — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 14:13:48 +0000

If you are looking for an inexpensive way to create your very own tablet. Then this hack using a $170 Infocast Viewer might be of interest to you.

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Pandora Linux Console Sold Out!

Julian Horsey — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 15:33:06 +0000

We originally reported on the Pandora Handheld Linux console back in April 2008. Well the pocket Linux console shipped its first 1,000 devices that have all sold out.

You may think wow, 1,000 devices big deal, but dont forget this console has been developed by hobbyists not a fat cat corporation. Measuring only 83mm x 140mm its the most powerful gaming handheld there is.

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Google Adds Linux Support For Gmail Voice and Video Chat

Julian Horsey — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 12:52:16 +0000

If you enjoy using Linux and Gmail you will be pleased to know that Google has now added voice and video chat support, responding to users requests.

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Acer Delaying Tablets To Taste Android 3.0

Glenn Santos — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 15:01:39 +0000

Acer is delaying its launch of its much-awaited line of tablets to 2011. The culprit? Sweet, sweet Gingerbread a.k.a. Android 3.0.

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Ubuntu 10.10 Linux To Provide Multitouch And Gesture Support

Julian Horsey — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 10:16:28 +0000

The up and coming release of Ubuntu 10.10 will provide the foundations for multitouch and gesture support that is hoped will be used by programmers to develop the feature and add additional functionality for the Linux platform.

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JoliCloud 1.0 Available For Netbooks

Julian Horsey — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 12:33:38 +0000

JoilCloud the free Linux cloud based operating system for netbooks is now ready to download. The developers have made sure that Jolicloud runs on small memory netbooks and have included a couple of new features on this latest release.

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From India, The World’s Cheapest Tablet

Glenn Santos — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 13:48:36 +0000

Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal had good reason to be smiling last Thursday when he presented the world’s cheapest tablets during a press conference.

The still unbranded prototypes, of which Sibal showed three designs in the conference, were developed by the IIT (Indian Institute of Technology) together with the Indian Institute of Science (IISC).

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Qbo Open Source Linux Robot

Julian Horsey — Fri, 21 May 2010 05:10:33 +0000

The Qbo open source robot project started by Francisco Paz has been under development for some time and is open to anyone who would like to provide help and assistance with the development of the Qbo Linux robot.

The Qbo only has a few operations at its disposal currently but for a robot make of over 30 plastic parts and with no arms (due to the high costs involved) that’s pretty impressive.

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Aigo Launches Maemo Based WalkShow NX7001

Julian Horsey — Thu, 13 May 2010 11:00:02 +0000

Aigo have just launched their latest Linux Maemo mobile Internet device (MID) the WalkShow NX7001. Which is equipped with a 16:9 4.3-inch touch screen display with a resolution of 800 × 480 and a Linux operating system also know as the ‘Nokia Maemo Linux’ which allows you to perform the same functions on the MID as on a desktop PC.

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Valve’s Steam Platform Headed To Linux

Roland Hutchinson — Thu, 13 May 2010 08:40:20 +0000

Yesterday Valve’s Steam gaming platform went live on the Mac, with a range of games for Mac users including some of the favourite PC ones like Left 4 Dead 2, Team Fortress 2, Counter-Strike, Portal, and the Half-Life.

Mac users who already owned the games on a PC were able to download them for free on a Mac thanks to Valve’s Steam Play feature. Now Valve has officially announced that Steam is headed to Linux.

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Ubuntu Launches New ‘Unity’ Enviroment For Netbooks

Julian Horsey — Tue, 11 May 2010 10:39:29 +0000

Canonical has just launched it streamlined verison of its Ubuntu Linux, designed for speed and tragetted at Netbooks and touch screen devices. The new Unity desktop has been redesigned with the main interface dock down the left hand side making it fast and easy to access preferred applications, such as the browsers and mail, while removing screen elements that are rarely used in mobile and netbook computing.

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Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Arrives

Julian Horsey — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 08:01:45 +0000

The latest version of the popular free Linux distro Ubuntu has just been released. Ubuntu 10.04 is available in three editions : Desktop, Server and Netbook.

Ubuntu is easy to install with a graphical installer and contains all the applications you need: a web browser, office suite, media apps, instant messaging and much more.

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Intel Shows Of MeeGo 1.0 AT IDF 2010

Roland Hutchinson — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 16:19:53 +0000

Intel has demoed MeeGo 1.0 at the Intel Developer Forum in Beijing, MeeGo is an Linux based OS that has been created by Intel and Nokia, and it is designed to be used on netbooks, smartphones and other connected devices.

The video below shows MeeGo 1.0 running on an Intel Pinetrail netbook, and from the looks of the video this new OS looks pretty interesting.

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Geohot Brings Linux Back To The PS3

Roland Hutchinson — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 11:00:30 +0000

Sony’s recent update to the PS3, version 3.21 removed the option to run an other OS on you PS3, many PS3 users had used this feature to install Linux on their PS3 aren’t they weren’t too happy when the feature was removed.

Geohot (George Hotz0, who has brought us many iPhone Jailbreaks, has now managed to bring the ‘Other OS’ option back to the PS3 with a custom firmware.

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BPhone Quad Band Linux Smartphone

Julian Horsey — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 12:11:00 +0000

If you’re looking for a compact Linux smart phone this neat BPhone is definitely worth a look. It’s equipped with with a PXA310 624MHz processor, 256MB of NAND flash memory, QWERTY keypad ,FM radio and built-in GPS.

Its 5 inch rotating touch screen has a resolution of 800 x 400 and the device runs on ARM-Linux-2.6.

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PlugComputer 3.0

Roland Hutchinson — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:30:01 +0000

We have seen a couple of these plug computers before on Geeky Gadgets, the latest is the PlugComputer 3.0, which is being shown of at CeBIT. It features a 2.0GHz Marvell ARM processor, 512MB of RAM, a 120GB 1.8 inch hard drive and WLAN (b/g).

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Norhtec Gecko Surfboard Keyboard PC

Roland Hutchinson — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 11:24:08 +0000

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.

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Google Chrome Beta For Mac OS X And Linux Released

Roland Hutchinson — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 07:17:41 +0000

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.

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CompuLab Launches fit-PC2i

Roland Hutchinson — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 09:57:15 +0000

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.

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Zotac MAG Nettop PC

Roland Hutchinson — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:58:31 +0000

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.

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Linutop 3 Tiny Linux PC

Roland Hutchinson — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 09:17:42 +0000

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.

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Shuttle X500V Ultra Thin All In One Linux PC

Roland Hutchinson — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:14:53 +0000

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.

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Amazon Kindle 2 Hacked, runs Linux

Julian Horsey — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 10:56:02 +0000

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.

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Linux 1 second boot demo

Julian Horsey — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 09:48:05 +0000

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.

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Always Innovating Touch Book : In Production

Julian Horsey — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 06:21:07 +0000

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.

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Compulab fit-PC2

Roland Hutchinson — Mon, 18 May 2009 10:57:48 +0000

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.

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Marvell SheevaPlug – Tiny Linux Power Plug PC

Roland Hutchinson — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 09:05:54 +0000

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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Gdium Liberty 1000 – Linux Netbook with removable SSD

Roland Hutchinson — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 13:31:02 +0000

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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iMovio iKit – Palm sized Linux PC

Roland Hutchinson — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:11:49 +0000

Check out this tiny palm sized Linux PC from iMovio, the iKit.

The iMovio iKit is designed to be used for IM, web browsing, email etc, it also has built in WiFi, Bluetooth and has a Marvell PXA270 Processor.
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The Fit PC goes on a diet – The Fit PC Slim

Roland Hutchinson — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 08:18:11 +0000

You may remember the tiny Linux PC we featured on the site previously, the Fit PC, well it looks like the Fit PC has gone on a diet and there is a new version out, the Fit PC Slim.

The Fit-PC Slim measures 4.3 x 3.9 x 1.2 inches and weighs in at just 13 ounces, as well as being incredibly small it uses only 6 watts of power making it very energy efficient.
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Green Gadgets – The Evergreen 17 Integrated Fanless Linux PC

Roland Hutchinson — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 09:52:52 +0000

Tangent has launched a new green integrated Linux PC, the Evergreen 17.

The Evergreen 17 is completely fanless and uses just 24 watts of power and sits neatly behind the included 17 inch display.

It comes with a 1GHZ Via Eden processor and 2GB of RAM, for storage there is a choice of a a 64GB SSD or a 160GB hard drive.

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Asus add another PC to their lineup – The Asus Eee Monitor Desktop PC

Roland Hutchinson — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:00:19 +0000

Here’s another addition to the Asus Eee lineup, the Asus Eee Monitor PC.

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Linux Gadgets – The OpenMoko Neo FreeRunner goes on sale July 4th

Roland Hutchinson — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:00:01 +0000

You may remember the Linux powered OpenMoko Neo FreeRunner that we featured on the site back in January, well it will finally be available to buy from July the 4th, in the US, Europe and India.

Here’s a reminder of the specs.(...)
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Cool Mods – The Asus Eee PC Touch Screen Mod

Roland Hutchinson — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 07:04:20 +0000

Check out this modded Asus Eee PC 900, which features a built in touch screen.

Apparently this mod will be available as a kit, here is a video of it in action.
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Original Story Cool Mods – The Asus Eee PC Touch Screen Mod