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 [...]

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.

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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).

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]