Dell just released their new Vostro v13 for US$450 in the States. How much is it in Australia? AU$999. Based on exchange rates at the time of writing, US$450 = […]
When installing Linux beside OS X, Fedora toggles the boot flag on for its partition. This causes GPT to see it as an “EFI boot partition,” rather than “Basic Data”. […]
The guys over at “Make Use Of” have released a new free PDF book for Ubuntu. After a quick inspection it looks pretty good, with reasonable explanations about components of […]
Back in 2007 Xandros struck a patent deal with Microsoft, while in June this year they said they were: “kind of getting away from being a Linux company.” I never […]
Thinking of buying a new laptop? Take a look at this report before you choose.. SquareTrade analyzed failure rates for over 30,000 new laptop computers covered by SquareTrade Laptop Warranty […]
Thanks to Robert for pointing this out, but according to Raymond Wagner the new Dell Zino HD won’t cut it for a back end or front end MythTV box (if […]
Looks like there’s a proposal for Ubuntu to get its very own online music store, in time for Lucid next year. It would be tied directly into the desktop with […]
I think it’s high time that I try this “microblogging” thing. As such, I now have an Identi.ca account which also feeds to Twitter. Let’s see what all the fuss […]
I think the upcoming Inspiron Zino HD could make a great MythTV back/frontend. Coming with Ubuntu, up to 8GB RAM and a 1TB internal drive, the units have AMD processors […]
Our mission is to establish Microsoft’s platforms as the de facto standards throughout the computer industry. Our enemies are the vendors of platforms that compete with ours… The field of […]