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Tag Archives: netbooks
The Ubuntu Powered ‘Vodafone Webbook’ Launched
South African Ubuntu users will shortly be able to get their hands on a new Ubuntu-powered device: The Vodafone Webbook. The Vodafone webbook, announced today by South African telecommunications company Vodacom (part owned by Vodafone), will be launching in South Africa on the 19th October. Vodacom hope that the device will bring “simplified, value-added internet [...]
Ubuntu ARM Netbook Boasts 13 Hours of Battery Life, Costs £179
So the long heralded ‘flood’ of ARM netbooks on to the shelves barely even materialised as a drop, with a drop in demand for netbooks and massive growth spurt in touch-screen Tablet devices seemingly diverting attention elsewhere.
PC company Hercules are pinning their hopes on a ‘better late than never’ approach with the launch of a new ARM powered netbook series dubbed the ‘eCafé’.
SAMSUNG & UBUNTU PLAY VERY NICELY THANKS TO USER EFFORT
Seeking out a new laptop or notebook but dreading the all-too-frequent compatibility issue with function keys, blue tooth, wifi, webcam etc?
Don’t.
System76 second gen Starling Netbooks look gorgeous, Available to pre-order now
If you’re looking for Ubuntu powered netbook that is as beautiful outside as it is inside then prepare to coo over the latest ‘Starling’ netbooks to hatch from the nest of Ubuntu-dedicated hardware company System76… Starling Netbook First off let’s get the boring bit out of the way: As netbooks go, the Starling is atypical [...]
gma booster promises 2.4x the power for netbook graphics chips
It will come as no revelation that the number one reason netbooks’ suck is due to their meek integrated innards – such as the prevalent use of Intel’s integrated graphics chips. Sure, they need to be underpowered to give good battery performance etc but what about the times when you need to squeeze just that [...]
Laggy Mouse Fix For Ubuntu Netbook Remix on Eee PC 701/900
Ubuntu launched the first official version of Ubuntu Netbook Remix (UNR) just last week , providing a great interface for all your netbook needs. Annoyingly for many users, the debut of Jaunty Netbook Remix has been upstaged by a large number of bugs on various Netbook Models. The most noticble of these is on the [...]
Jaunty Netbook Remix
The oncoming release of Jaunty will also see the first release of an official netbook version of Ubuntu – namely the Ubuntu Netbook Remix. Whilst the interface has been floating about for a while and is easily installed on a stock Ubutnu install (or with third party distributions such as Easy Peasy of Eeebuntu), this [...]
What Is The Best Netbook Operating System
Netbook’s are funny little machines. Powerful enough to be awesome mobile devices but underpowered and not suited to support most ‘Operating Systems’ fully. Windows Vista is an excellent example of an OS coupled with Netbook’s but whose Hardware really isn’t up to the burden of trying to run it. Linux ‘Lite’ OS’s were the first [...]