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A new version of Ubuntu Netbook Edition (NBE) optimised for ARM-based devices is due for release in July. It’s called Ubuntu Netbook Edition 10.7 and is based on the latest Ubuntu 10.04 LTS release. A video […]
Mark Shuttleworth today blogged about an exciting new interface development due for inclusion in Ubuntu 10.10 UNE: the adoption of a global menu panel. Why? The rationale is simple: It increases vertical space by reducing […]
A few days ago we reported news that Ubuntu was dropping the OpenOffice.org (OOo) suite of apps from default installs of Ubuntu 10.04 Netbook Edition. Many of you cheered the decision, noting that cramped keyboards […]
The newly-renamed Ubuntu Netbook Edition won’t include OpenOffice, the free office suite. Discussions on the software set the official netbook spin will use includes a proposal to drop applications that either don’t suit typical netbook […]
The familiar name of Ubuntu Netbook Remix will disappear when the Ubuntu 10.04 LTS ‘Lucid Lynx’ goes live, in favour of a more official sounding name: Ubuntu Netbook Edition. An official blueprint for this change […]
I previously covered Ubuntu Karmic desktop and Kubuntu Netbook Remix, but despite using Karmic NBR i haven’t really touched on it! Until now… The majority of features in the Netbook Remix are the same as […]
Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) will see not one but TWO official netbook editions: Ubuntu Netbook Remix and Kubuntu Netbook Remix. With the recent Ubuntu 9.10 Alpha 5 out, I decided to take a look at […]
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 & […]
Some exciting tidbits coming from the in-session UDS… The Ubuntu Mobile Team will be prepping a ‘one time’ release of ‘Ubuntu Moblin Remix’ – combining the sexy new Moblin 2 interface with the stability of […]
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 […]
Netbooks are twee little machines. Powerful enough to be awesome mobile devices for on-the-go computing, but underpowered and not suited to running most desktop operating systems fully. Windows Vista is an prime example of an […]