gOS 3 Linux gets Gadgets like Apple Mac OS X

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gOS, the Linux OS known for its debut in the $199 Wal-Mart gPC and NetBooks, today announced the details of the newest version of its Linux operating system for consumers, called gOS 3 Gadgets.
gOS 3 Gadgets instantly launches Google Gadgets for Linux on startup, giving users access to more than 100,000 iGoogle and Google Gadgets that are small, graphically rich applications that can be added to the desktop in seconds over the Internet. gOS 3 Gadgets will also preload WINE, LXDE, and other Google software for Linux to improve the user experience. Read more

Posted on Wed, 6 Aug 2008 17:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Report: Linux will take Bulk of MID Market

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ABI Research says that the Linux operating system will take the bulk of the mobile Internet device market by 2013. ABI specifies three Linux varieties that it believes will take most of the market including Moblin, LiMo, and Maemo.

Volumes of 50 million units per year using these operating systems are expected. ABI says that one of the most significant features of the Linux OS is that it can span multiple product categories with a single OS working for MIDs, smartphones, and other devices. Read more

Posted on Tue, 5 Aug 2008 09:52:30 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Linux Phone Standards (LiPS) joins Forces with LiMo Foundation

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Linux Phone Standards (LiPS) joins Forces with LiMo Foundation to support and to unify the growing momentum of Linux platforms in the global mobile market, the Linux Phone Standards (LiPS) Forum announced that its activities and membership will be folded into LiMo Foundation as of July, 2008.

The move will encompass LiPS Forum members from across the mobile ecosystem, including chipset suppliers, Linux OS and mobile stack vendors, handset designers and OEMs, and regional and global wireless operators. It follows announcements by other LiPS members who have joined the LiMo Foundation: ACCESS, ARM Limited, Azingo, France Telecom / Orange, Huawei Technology, MontaVista Software, Inc., NXP Semiconductors, Open-Plug, Purple Labs and Texas Instruments. Read more

Posted on Thu, 26 Jun 2008 06:26:51 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Netflix Player from Roku Uses Linux Tech

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Trolltech announced today that the new Netflix player from Roku utilizes its Qt for Embedded Linux. Qt for Embedded Linux was formerly known as Qtopia Core. The application is designed to allow manufacturers to build devices for one specific purpose.

"As we developed the Netflix Player by Roku we were keenly focused on creating the best possible user experience for Netflix's eight million-plus customers," said Tim Twerdahl, vice president of consumer products, Roku, Inc. "Qt provided us with the tools to implement our elegant and powerful user interface quickly, providing an important time-to-market advantage." Read more

Posted on Mon, 16 Jun 2008 06:44:53 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Dell E and Dell E Slim new low-cost Linux and XP Netbooks

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New information about the Dell mini Notebook that appeared under Micheal Dell's arm at the end of May have leaked.

Engadget received several slides detailing a Dell E and a Dell E Slim notebook.
The Dell E would have an 8.9 inch screen, 1.6Ghz Diamondville CPU, 4,8 or 16GB Flash memory, 512 or 1GB RAM, and Wifi. The Dell E would be available with Linux or Windows XP. Read more

Posted on Fri, 13 Jun 2008 01:55:58 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Nokia eyes wider usage of Linux in cellphones

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By Tarmo Virki

PARIS (Reuters) - The world's top handset maker Nokia Oyj expects the role of the Linux operating system in its product portfolio to increase as the role of its Internet-focused devices grows, company officials said.
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Posted on Tue, 20 May 2008 23:05:01 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Red Hat does not plan Linux for Consumer Desktops

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Red Hat published an update on its strategy for Linux on the Desktop. Red Hat has no plans to create a traditional desktop product for the consumer market in the foreseeable future.

Red Hat is instead focusing on Desktop and client applications for business use to complement their main Linux server business. Read more

Posted on Thu, 17 Apr 2008 09:53:54 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Adobe Air for Linux Alpha released

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Adobe announces the availability of the alpha release of Air for Linux.

Adobe introduced AIR in June of 2007. Adobe AIR is a cross-operating system application runtime that allows developers to use HTML/CSS, Ajax, Adobe Flash and Adobe Flex to extend rich Internet applications (RIAs) to the desktop. Read more

Posted on Mon, 31 Mar 2008 01:28:54 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Linux runs on Nintendo Wii

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Running Linux on Sony PS3 is easy since Sony allows it. Now homebrew coders have managed to find a way to install Linux on the Nintendo Wii.

The procedure to install Linux on the Wii does not require any hardware hacks or mod chips. You need the right copy of the game Zelda, Gamecube SD Card Adapter and a 1GB or higher SD card. Read more

Posted on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 08:58:36 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

LG, Samsung bet on new Mobile Linux Platform

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By Tarmo Virki

BARCELONA (Reuters) - Samsung and LG Electronics on Monday showed new phones using free Linux software from Mobile Linux foundation, which said in total 18 phones from seven vendors would use its software. Read more

Posted on Mon, 11 Feb 2008 02:40:05 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

LiMo Linux Mobile Devices Platform launched

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The LiMo Foundation announced the first release of the LiMo Platfor a Linux-based software platform for mobile handsets.

Behind the LiMo foundation are some heavy weight mobile phone makers and carriers. LiMo’s initial Founder members are Motorola, NEC, NTT DoCoMo, Panasonic Mobile Communications, Samsung Electronics and Vodafone. Read more

Posted on Mon, 4 Feb 2008 00:38:50 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Nokia buys Linux Phone OS Developer Trolltech

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Nokia and Trolltech ASA today announced that they have entered into an agreement that Nokia will make a public voluntary tender offer to acquire Trolltech.

Trolltech is the developer of the QTopia Linux phone platform. This acquisition could mean a very big push for Linux on mobile phones. I hope Nokia sees finally that there is no need for Symbian. Only desktop operating systems have a future on mobile phones. Apple and Microsoft Read more

Posted on Mon, 28 Jan 2008 04:20:59 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Sears sells $199 Linux PC

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Linspire, Inc. announces that Sears is selling a $199 Linux PC, after $100 mail-in rebate in their online store. The PC runs Linspire's Freespire 2.0 Ubuntu Linux based OS.

The hardware is put together by Mirus Innovations a North America PC manufacturer.

It appears Sears is going directly against Wal-mart's Everex $199 PC. Read more

Posted on Thu, 17 Jan 2008 01:46:09 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

LimePC M1 Linux UMPC Details

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We already reported about the FreeScale Motherboard-On-A-Chip Platform that will be the basis of a series of low-cost and tiny PCs. Now the Chinese hardware manufacturer of the LimePC released details about the LimePC M1 iPod nano-sized Linux UMPC.

Tsinghua Tongfang (THTF) calls the M1 the world's smallest handheld PC. Measurements of the LimePC M1 are 110 x 58 x 15.9mm and the weight is 130g.
Features of the M1 include touchscreen, up to 16GB of NAND flash memory, 802.11g WiFi, v2.1 EDR Bluetooth wireless, and 4-plus hours of Lithium Polymer battery power. Read more

Posted on Wed, 9 Jan 2008 13:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Is 2008 the Breakthrough Year for Linux on the Desktop?

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Over the Holidays I played with my Asus Eee PC 8G (straight from Taiwan) and it's Linux desktop operating system. It is not perfect, but it works surprisingly well and I can do everything with it that I do on my Windows PC, which should be pretty scary for Microsoft at this point in time. I have been a Microsoft OS user since DOS times and never ever considered another desktop OS. Sure we run Linux on our web servers, but for the Desktop it was never an option in my thinking. In 2007 I opened my household to the Mac OS and I was pleasantly surprised how well this Apple stuff works. And now Linux on a tiny cheap laptop actually works for me and I am not installing XP on it, because I do not miss anything.

2008 will see a big push of low priced hardware and those systems will ship with Linux desktop operating systems like the gOS that Everex uses on its low-priced PCs already. Dell has also been shipping Ubuntu Linux computers since last May as well. Read more

Posted on Fri, 4 Jan 2008 12:54:54 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Tux Droid Robot for Linux

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The Tux Droid Robot is a great gadget gift for Linux fans available on Think Geek.

The Tux Droid Robot has similar features as the Nabatztag rabbit, but comes in the shape of the Linux Penguin mascot. Tux is wireless and connects via a USB device that comes in the form of a fish that plugs into a USB port on a Linux machine. Read more

Posted on Tue, 11 Dec 2007 08:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Everex gPC runs Linux and sells for $199

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Everex offers a very low cost PC unit that runs Linux. The Everex gPC runs gOS. gOS is built on Ubuntu Linux 7.10.

The Everex gPC TC2502 sells for $199 at Wal-mart.

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Posted on Sat, 3 Nov 2007 12:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Everex to offer Linux Notebooks under $300 in 2008

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Computer maker Everex says that they will offer Linux Notebooks for less than $300 starting next year.

Everex just made waves this week with their $199 Linux powered TC2502 Green gPC available on Wal-mart.

The Everex Linux notebooks would come with 12.1-inch to 17-inch screens and run the GOS version of the OS, built on Ubuntu Linux 7.10. Read more

Posted on Fri, 2 Nov 2007 12:43:23 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

ATI Releases Catalyst 7.10 Drivers for Linux

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AMD announced today that it has released new Linux drivers for its line of video cards. The new Linux Catalyst 7.10 drivers release includes several updates and new features.

The drivers now support AIGLX (accelerates indirect rendering) and ATI GPUs which allows for accelerated effects on desktops of supported distributions. OpenGL game performance improvements were added for OpenGL based games like Doom3 and Quake 4. Read more

Posted on Fri, 26 Oct 2007 13:05:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Trolltech Qtopia Linux Greenphones sold out

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Trolltech announces that they sold out of their Linux developer mobile phones and will not re-stock it. Trolltech introduced the Greenphone in August of 2006.

For Trolltech the mission of jump starting the open phone developer community with hardware has been accomplished. Trolltech will continue to support the Qtopia Greenphone community with new software releases in the coming months, but recommends the Neo 1973 from FIC as developer handsets. Read more

Posted on Mon, 22 Oct 2007 03:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Asus P5E3 Deluxe Motherboard has embedded Linux

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With the new Asus P5E3 Deluxe Motherboard Asus is delivering a Mobo with embedded Linux.

The Asus P5E3 Deluxe is based on Intel's new X38 chipset and the embedded Linux feature is called Asus Express Gate. Asus Express Gate is powered by DeviceVM SplashTop Linux desktop.

Without installing an operating system you can instantly surf the web with a Firefox web browser or make VOIP phone calls with the new Asus P5E3 Deluxe Motherboard. Read more

Posted on Sun, 7 Oct 2007 03:33:37 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr