Starting at $249, the sleek polished black System76 Meerkat features the Dual Core Intel Atom 330 CPU, up to 2 GB of memory, and up to 750 GB of storage. Perfect for Internet, email, music, Flash video and educational tools, the Meerkat performs extremely well despite its super low price tag.
A complete desktop system – [...]
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Ubuntu desktop for $399 complete. Meerkat Net Top
Uninstall Ubuntu on dual boot XP using Windows only
Ubuntu is great, but my installation of it crashed and would no longer boot. After considerable research, I figured out how to uninstall it using Windows only.
It took just three minutes and worked flawlessly.
My tech blog has full details.
Willing to buy a high-end, free-software-only laptop?
Yes.
Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Ubuntu, wants to create laptops that are”designed specifically to be free-software friendly.” That means no proprietary anything, including the BIOS. Sounds like a most excellent idea. Check it out.
Dell releases Ubuntu PCs
Not only has Dell just just released a line of PCs running Ubuntu Linux, the prices are quite attractive. A laptop with Core 2 Duo and 1GB RAM is just $900, something which will put serious pricing pressure on vendors of Linux computers such as System76 and ShopRCubed.
Dell is pushing Ubuntu into the mainstream. This [...]
Ubuntu help needed
I’ve been trying to config my dual-boot Ubuntu Feisty Fawn desktop to accept my wireless modem, with no luck.
Here’s the specs for the LinkSys Wireless-G
01:02.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 03)
I’ve tried what’s here and here, but no luck so far. Right now it’s running with a 75 ft cat6 [...]
He’s using Ubuntu at work, not Windows
Email from Daniel Rivera
I recently reformatted my work laptop which was running Windows. Now it runs Kubuntu Linux (Ubuntu with a KDE shell) 99.5% of the time. Whenever I have the need to definitely use Windows, I just run a remote desktop connection from Linux to a Windows server at work. Works like [...]
Neat features of Ubuntu
Ubuntu is easier to use and more powerful than Windows – that’s my opinion after using it for a few days.
Just a few of the features – Ubuntu comes installed with GIMP (a powerful graphics program), OpenOffice (a replacement for Microsoft Office), an Instant Message platform that works with AOL, Yahoo, MSN, a CD [...]
Woot! I’ve installed Ubuntu
Couldn’t wait for the Ubuntu laptop to get here, so I installed Ubuntu to dual-boot with XP Home on a Pentium 3. (Yes, a P3, try THAT with Vista!)
After reading the helpful online forums and asking questions, I took the plunge. The install program resized C:, put Ubuntu in the new area. When it [...]
Posting from Ubuntu
This post was written and posted using the free Ubuntu CD . Boot off the CD, and you have a working version of Ubuntu with no installation needed. After a few hours playing with Ubuntu, I’m impressed. It’s highly configurable, fun, comes with lots of software. My Ubuntu laptop arrives in a week [...]
Taking the Ubuntu plunge
System76 sells computers with Ubuntu pre-installed. I am deeply tired of endless Microsoft bugs, problems, patches, security holes, and the like. With the impending monstrosity called Vista arriving soon, it’s time for a change. I just ordered a quite reasonably priced System76 laptop.
Ubuntu has a thriving, enthusiastic user base. There are lots of websites with [...]
