The first group of children have received their laptops as part of the One Laptop Per Child movement. The following is a video of the children using their laptops to create music. It is very inspiring and satisfying to know that these computers are completely built using Linux!
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Dell’s recent announcement to sell personal computers loaded with Ubuntu left us wondering what models would be available. Well, Dell finally gave us just the information we were craving this week. The following is a bit of information revealed by Jeremy’s Blog:
We will be launching a Linux based OS (Ubuntu) on the E520, […]
Thinking about making the Linux jump? Don’t be afraid, Linux isn’t just for geeks. USA Today has an excellent article that debunks some of the common Linux myths as it relates to Dell’s recent decision to sell PCs fully-loaded with Ubuntu.
It came out earlier this week that Dell will soon offer computers running […]
The O’Reilly Network has a well written essay on the top seven security mistakes system administrators typically make. While some of the mistakes are “softball,” some of the mistakes are big enough to crash your system. This is well worth the read even for non-system administrators as it outlines some excellent security practices.
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A well done portrayal of technology starting with Earth’s relation in the universe and ending with the usability of Linux. This is well worth the 3 minutes.
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If you’re just dying to boast your Ubuntu love, you can grab Ubuntu posters on the cheap. A generous Ubuntu user has created the posters and is offering to ship them for very cheap ($10 for US). Click the image above to see a full-sized version.
Get your Ubuntu posters - [Ubuntu forums]
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An interesting debate/argument has spawned related to Microsoft’s claims to have patented portions of the LInux Kernel. We’re all familiar with the sudo command to launch administrative applications. Well, Microsoft’s most recent security update for Vista, User Account Control (UAC), sounds extrmely similar to the idea behind sudo. The following is the […]
If you like having an application dock like in Mac OS X, Awn is a great application. It stays on top of all Windows, allows you to add new applications to the dock on the fly, and adds open applications to the dock (very similar to OS X). Awn is available in the […]
Rumors have been flying for the past several months that the OLPC laptop, XO, would support Windows. The rumor more specifically was that Microsoft and OLPC had reached an agreement to ship some OLPC laptops with Windows XP Starter Edition on the OLPC. Walter Bender, president of software and content at OLPC, has […]
This page is a plain, flat out list of 100 tutorials for the Linux operating system. The tutorials are aimed at Ubuntu, but they are extensible to other Linux distributions, as well. The tutorials cover: resources and how to’s, apps and scripts, tricks and tips, and desktop and appearance. The tutorials are […]
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