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Five Ubuntu-powered Netbooks & Laptops That Don’t Cost The Earth
So you want a new netbook or ultra-portable, but you don’t want Windows on it. With Ubuntu being free you’re probably wondering why so many devices pre-installed with Ubuntu are expensive.
If you look around you’ll soon find there are a lot of choices. Here OMG! Ubuntu! picks five reasonably priced Ubuntu-installed laptops and netbooks.
Pre-Unity Ubuntu Netbook Launcher is resurrected; put in a PPA
Users of Ubuntu 10.10 and 11.04 can now once again install the pre-Unity Ubuntu Netbook Interface thanks to some repackaging magic by Martin ‘Doctor Mo’ Owens.
Hercules unveil new eCAFE netbooks running Ubuntu Netbook Remix
Little known and obscure laptop manufacturer Hercules have today rolled out a couple of new ARM netbooks into the UK market dubbed the “Slim HD” and “Ex HD,” touting Ubuntu Netbook Remix.
The end of Ubuntu Netbook edition
Canonical has announced that ‘Ubuntu Netbook Edition’ – the netbook-orientated version of the Ubuntu operating system – will be ‘folded’ into ‘Ubuntu Desktop Edition’ for Ubuntu 11.04, with the latter being rebranded simple as ‘Ubuntu’.
How to get your Realtek card reader working in Ubuntu
This guide will walk owners of HP Mini 110 series and Compaq Mini CQ10-500 series netbook owners – along with any one else owning a device using a Realtek rts5159 card reader – through downloading and installing the required driver.
How to Maximise screen space in Ubuntu
Squashed for screen space? Whilst my desktop has 1440×900 glorious pixels to fill my netbook sadly doesn’t.
As such I tend to run all my apps maxÂiÂmized on my netbook, I noticed that by removing the title bar from app windows could free up some much needed room – but how do you go about doing it?
Uniteee: 7 days with Ubuntu Unity on a 7” screen
If you’re not already aware of Ubuntu 10.10’s new netbook interface, called ‘Unity’, then I would sincerely ask you to point to the rock under which you have been living. The sexy, stylish and visually impressive interface has made considerable waves amongst users – casual and seasoned – since it was first announced at the [...]
Ubuntu Netbook Edition 10.07 Coming to ARM In July, Gets Demoed on ARM netbook
A new version of Ubuntu Netbook Edition optimized for ARM-based devices is due for release in July. Called ‘Ubuntu Netbook Edition 10.7’ it will be based on Ubuntu 10.04. A video, showing off Ubuntu NBE 10.7 on a prototype Pegatron designed, Freescale i.MX51 powered netbook, has shuffled up on the internet thanks, once again, to [...]
Jolicloud netbook OS adds touch screen support
Netbook-centric operating system Jolicloud will be adding support for various touchscreen displays ‘out of the box’ in its next release. Jolicloud, which is based on Ubuntu, have released a video demonstrating well touch support in Jolicloud 1.0 is working. It looks especially nice coupled with the new HTML5 based launcher screen developed by Jolicloud. Jolicloud [...]
Jupiter – Awesome Netbook Power/Config Applet
Jupiter is a hardware and power management applet for Linux and perfect for power-saving on netbooks and Laptops. Born from the bones of the popular EeeTray applet, Jupiter sees a shift in focus towards better usability and easier configuration whilst retaining the powerful feature set users of EeePC Tray are accustomed to. Use Jupiter is [...]
Easily Install Android On A Netbook
Although we here at OMG! Ubuntu! are Ubuntu fans it’s always interesting (and exciting!) to take a peek at what else also exists out there in the crowded jungle of OSes. Today we’re going to take a brief look at Androidx86, a project designed to bring the famously awesome Google Android Operating System to the [...]
O/T – Make Firefox Netbook Friendly
Below is a short tutorial on how to make Firefox space friendly. I have a netbook which my sister borrows from time to time and although my main browser is Opera 10 on it, my sister insists on using Firefox. To make things a bit more bearable for her, i tweaked it to allow as [...]
Karmic Netbook Remixes: Kubuntu 1, Ubuntu 0
Karmic Koala will see the release of TWO official Netbook Remixes – Ubuntu NBR and Kubuntu NBR. LEt’s take a look at both as of Alpha 5… Ubuntu Karmic Koala Netbook Remix Refined, Stylish and, most importantly, far more usable. Ubuntu Netbook Remix is the official ‘Netbook’ version of Ubuntu, release by Canonical. It comes [...]
Ubuntu Netbook Remix Gets A Facelift For Karmic
Ubuntu’s ‘Netbook Remix’ interface is undergoing a makeover in time for Karmic Koala’s October release. The new layout merges the previous two side panes into one, opting to place folder shortcuts in a ‘Files & Folders’ tab. The application launchers no longer animate when clicked. A good move in my opinion as sometimes the animation [...]
Custom Netbook Ubuntu Interfaces
With the popularity of netbooks almost cemented into computing history as unrivalled fact, Ubuntu has been a very popular choice for OEMs to slap on to their tiny laptops. Ubuntu’s backers, Canonical, positioned Ubuntu as a viable netbook OS very early on with the release of Ubuntu Netbook Remix – a custom interface designed for [...]