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Gimme A Light Linux from Vector (7.0)

...couple of my netbooks - the Samsung N150 Plus (the same one that Linpus refused to boot on, by the way) and the Samsung NF310 - as... Read more

23 March, 2012

Sometimes You Win, Sometimes You Lose

...thought it would be interesting to look at the new release of Linpus Lite 1.7. My only previous experience with Linpus was quite some... Read more

18 March, 2012
Gateway DT70

Gateway DT70

...7 Professional, but you can get Home Premium, XP Professional (SP3), Linux (Linpus) or FreeDOS. There are two externally accessible 5.25in. bays at the... Read more

22 July, 2010 by Charles McLellan

Synaptics brings multitouch support to Linux

...products. The Linux version of the suite will work with Fedora, Millos Linpus, Red Flag, Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop (Sled) 11, Ubuntu and Xandros, the... Read more

20 April, 2010 by David Meyer
Acer plans Linux, SSD version of 10-inch netbook

Acer plans Linux, SSD version of 10-inch netbook

...screen, comes with a choice of XP or a Linux distribution called Linpus, and the option of a solid-state drive (SSD) or an HDD... Read more

29 January, 2009 by David Meyer
<endeca_term>Linpus</endeca_term> Media Center 2

Linpus Media Center 2

Linpus Media Center is a stand alone Linux-based multimedia platform, which works... Read more

24 October, 2007

Gateway launches business desktops

...all models come pre-installed with Windows 7, Windows XP Professional SP3, Linpus Linux X Window or FreeDOS. The DT30 has a lower specification, running... Read more

20 April, 2010

My multiscreen mantra

...with a three-way split between Windows 7, Mac OS-X and Linpus Linux. Quite apart from sharing processing load and being able to segment... Read more

1 February, 2010
Intel talks Linux, netbooks and rivalry with ARM

Intel talks Linux, netbooks and rivalry with ARM

...to be a full Linux distribution, but we have seen Suse and Linpus flavours, and Canonical are about to release an Ubuntu flavour. What is... Read more

17 September, 2009 by David Meyer

The mobile web & what makes me angry

...seem to offer wireless. But here’s why I’m angry: 1 – Linpus Linus Lite seems to throw some wireless signals out and refuses to... Read more

25 August, 2009

Have Open Source Management Tools Come of Age?

...can find limitations with open source (the super-scaled down nature of Linpus Linus Lite on my Acer Aspire One being top of my list... Read more

8 July, 2009

IBM: Linux desktops bucking the recession

...easier to deploy than expected. Struggling with the “ultra-lite” nature of Linpus Linus Lite on my Acer Aspire One and the fact that the... Read more

21 May, 2009
HP ditches Linux option for UK netbooks

HP ditches Linux option for UK netbooks

...Europe has been Acer's Aspire One netbook, which usually uses the Linpus Linux distribution. UK users will not have a chance to get the... Read more

5 February, 2009 by David Meyer
Details emerge of Acer 10-inch netbook

Details emerge of Acer 10-inch netbook

...contrast, the previous 8.9-inch version can be bought with the Linpus distribution, rather than Windows XP. The new version of the low-cost... Read more

27 January, 2009 by David Meyer

Desktop UI idea - best of both worlds?

...the best Linux UIs are those found on netbooks, such as the Linpus distro on the Acer Aspire One. The genius of such interfaces lies... Read more

14 November, 2008

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apexwm

Jack : I was hoping you could provide us a summary since you are familiar with this report. I am not yet sure how much of my time I'd like to...

1 hour ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Smilig Eddie

2 – 4 more weeks of waiting: how many buyers are going to decide instead to see what the iPhone 5 offers? Consumer trust in the brand has also...

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SRist

So it looks like this was a complete red herring - Adobe are allowing upgrades from Photoshop CS3, CS4 and CS5 at the same price. When did this...

2 hours ago by SRist on Photoshop users attack Adobe upgrade policy change
Jack Schofield

@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

4 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
apexwm

I would love to hear why Microsoft believes that "upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 pays for itself in a year, in increased productivity and...

5 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
debsmk

I have just changed mine to white they said 3 to 5 days

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Atangana

I would like a job for me and do good to their tackiness vellent my help I will do my best to help you mercie for all

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BrownieBoy

Well done to IDC for producing a report that says using XP is a waste of money. Only 11 years too late with it is all....

8 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Jack Schofield

@Burn-IT ...which doesn't mean it isn't true ;-) I'll be interested if you can find any properly-researched, independent data from any of the...

9 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Burn-IT

As said, sponsored by Microsoft........

9 hours ago by Burn-IT on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
mrbigdong

@620W, I mine 1 BTC/daily for cost of 1.7eur, they naysayers regurgitate the rubbish they read as usual

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Mike Denton

If the link to the next section existed that would be awesome.... Guess I have to ask uncle google where it is

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minzhu

Don't blame CEO, they want RIM win. RIM has strange culture and self distruct political environment. In RIM if a new hired person figure out...

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Thomas Gellhaus

I've been very pleased with Mageia 2. My review went up on Sunday. My only issue is that my particular wireless printer hasn't been detected on...

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knapper

That we have :-) Retailers don't buy stuff to lie around in warehouses, particularly with fast moving technology products. If they didn't think...

1 day ago by knapper on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry
JohneKerr

I think that we have been here before, shipments are not equal to sales. Correct?

1 day ago by JohneKerr on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry
Iain Sutherland

I received the notification of Mageia 2 being released on Saturday, was already running Mageia 1. After running the installation X came back up...

1 day ago by Iain Sutherland via Facebook on Scorecard - Linux Mint 13 and Mageia 2
SoapyTablet

If ZTE have been selling below cost with the ZTE Blade / Orange San Francisco then given the current high street price of the Nokia Lumia 710, you...

1 day ago by SoapyTablet on Huawei, ZTE face EU 'illegal state subsidies' probe
Burn-IT

Yes it is basically down to "nobody in control understands IT, is willing to admit it, or allow decisions to be delegated". Lets get someone in who...

1 day ago by Burn-IT on 6 million wasted licences and £1,200 PCs: welcome to government IT
pjc158

So let me get this straight just because a consultant has oberved that mobile companies who get in trouble never recover, well we all might as well...

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