Tag Archives: Linux

I Still Don’t Get Chrome OS

Posted on November 24, 2009 by Fuzzy

In general I’m a big fan of the fine folks at Google. You’ll rip Gmail and Google Docs and Google Reader and Google Chrome and Google Voice and a bunch of other Google stuff from my cold dead hands. But … Continue reading →

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For Ubuntu EEE Users – Patched eee-control Available

Posted on November 5, 2009 by Fuzzy

Just in case anyone else openly wept when they discovered the eee-control wasn’t working with Ubuntu Karmic on their EEE netbook, some kind soul has released a patched 0.9.4 version that works like a top. Once I installed it my … Continue reading →

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Reboot…Reboot…Reboot…

Posted on July 24, 2009 by Fuzzy

And now, ladies and gentlemen, a rant on rebooting. Paul Ramsey’s blog Clever Elephant had a great post recently titled No One Ever Got Fired for Buying Linux. This particular bit stuck in my head: Did you buy an expensive … Continue reading →

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Google Announces Chrome OS

Posted on July 9, 2009 by Fuzzy

In the take-your-Bing-and-shove-it department, Google has announced it’s working on a new operating system, Chrome OS, designed around the Chrome web browser. Looking through the announcement and the slew of related stories, basically it’s a Linux kernel with a new … Continue reading →

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Location Aware Software for Linux

Posted on February 2, 2009 by Fuzzy

Ars has a really good post on location aware software for Linux. The framework is called Geoclue and it builds on a number of other software packages and services, sharing an API through D-Bus, which is a common way for … Continue reading →

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