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Novell releases openSUSE 11.1

The latest version of Novell’s Linux distro, openSUSE 11.1, has been released, with 230 new features, improvements to YaST, major updates to GNOME, KDE, OpenOffice.org, a new license and plenty more. For those thinking that Ubuntu equals Linux, ...

From ALEX ZAHAROV-REUTT, LXer,  20 Dec 2008
Related Topics: Novell, Inc.

Microsoft's $20 billion Yahoo deal: bogus?

Looks like the Times Online’s report about Microsoft offering $20 billion to buy Yahoo was bogus, with key figures in both the Microsoft and Yahoo camps saying there’s no truth to the story. The thing is, the denials could be yet more ...

From ALEX ZAHAROV-REUTT, LXer,  1 Dec 2008
Related Topics: Microsoft Corporation,  Kara Swisher,  TechCrunch,  Jerry Yang,  Ross Levinsohn

Linux finally loaded onto iPhone!

Linux fans who have been waiting for Linux to come the iPhone and iPod Touch need wait no longer – the breakthrough has finally been made, years after Linux found its way onto earlier iPod models. There’s a way to go before the project is mature, ...

From ALEX ZAHAROV-REUTT, LXer,  29 Nov 2008

Linux Hater's Blog dead, long live the redux

On October 25, 2008, the Linux Hater's Blog reached the "eof", or end of file. But if you've been hassled endlessly by Linux lovers and are sick to death of Linux this and Linux that, fear not - the Linux Hater's Redux is born, with plenty of ...

From ALEX ZAHAROV-REUTT, LXer,  2 Nov 2008

Windows speaks your instant messaging dialect, too

Windows, whether XP or Vista, is home to all the major instant messenger (IM) clients, and for things like Skype, unquestionably has the best versions. But if you’re hankering to talk to multiple friends on multiple IM systems at the same time, and ...

From ALEX ZAHAROV-REUTT, LXer,  2 Oct 2008
Related Topics: Skype

40 reasons to lose Linux and vote Vista!

Challenged by my iTWire colleague and Linux lover Sam Varghese to come up with 40 reasons to lose Linux and vote Vista, I’ve done just that. It all started quietly enough with iTWire colleague David M Williams writing an article entitled “5 ...

From ALEX ZAHAROV-REUTT, LXer,  9 Sep 2008
Related Topics: Microsoft Corporation

Asus Eee PC 1000H finally lands down under. Cool!

If you've been waiting for an Asus Eee PC with a larger screen, larger storage and larger keyboard, the Eee PC 1000H could well be the model you've been waiting for. How much will it cost, and what are the specs? Finally... the Asus Eee PC 1000H ...

From ALEX ZAHAROV-REUTT, LXer,  19 Jul 2008

New Asus Eee PC 904 â an Acer Aspire One killer instead?

Just a day or so after Acer’s Aspire One goes on sale in Australia comes news that the Asus Eee PC 904 will shortly go on sale in the UK, muddying the waters over which is the best value ‘netbook’ to buy. Wow, yet another new Asus Eee PC? We know ...

From ALEX ZAHAROV-REUTT, LXer,  5 Jul 2008
Related Topics: Intel

Aspire One: the netbook Eee PC killer from Acer?

Hot on the heels of the Asus Eee PC comes more small subnotebooks, with Acer giving them the Intel inspired name of the netbook. Does the Intel Atom-powered Aspire One ‘netbook’ fill you with desire to acquire one? Acer’s Aspire One is finally on ...

From ALEX ZAHAROV-REUTT, LXer,  4 Jul 2008
Related Topics: Intel

Should you buy an Asus Eee 901 PC?

Due any day now is the Asus Eee 901, the successor to the subnotebook that did the most to kick off the cheap, yet fully useable, portable computing revolution. With so many cheap subnotebooks now on the way to Australia, is it worth taking the Eee ...

From ALEX ZAHAROV-REUTT, LXer,  23 Jun 2008
Related Topics: Intel

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