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Google introduces the Chromebook

Google introduces the Chromebook

Finally the Chromebook is official. After many rumors and speculations about Google's Chromebook the search giant today announced the first Chromebook from their hardware partners Samsung and Acer.

KDE 4.4 Introduces Netbook Interface

KDE 4.4 Introduces Netbook Interface

Yesterday the availability of KDE Software Compilation 4.4, "Caikaku", was announced. This new release comes with several new features including a netbook interface that is designed for ergonomic use on small computers:

Beginner Intro to Ubuntu Netbook Remix

Beginner Intro to Ubuntu Netbook Remix

If you are new to Ubuntu Netbook Remix this video will give you a basic overview and a few customization tips to get started with version 9.10 of this popular Linux netbook distro. You get an overview of available applications that are organized into sections accessible from the left menu on the operating system start screen.

Jolicloud Pre-Beta on the Samsung N140

Jolicloud Pre-Beta on the Samsung N140

After months of private alpha testing Tariq Krim, founder and CEO of Jolicloud, announced the launch of the publicly available pre-beta of the Linux based netbook operating system last Thursday at the LeWeb 2009 tech conference in Paris.

xPUD 0.9.2 Quick Video Tour

xPUD 0.9.2 Quick Video Tour

xPUD is to Firefox what Chrome OS is to Chrome. It is a trimmed-down Linux distribution for netbooks that mainly consists of a Web browser and a media player. xPUD is a very fast and lightweight — the core image has a file size of about 35MB — distro with a simple Web based user interface called plate, that integrates the Mozilla Gecko runtime into the Linux desktop.