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Puppy Linux loaded on NorhTec Gecko Edubook

The NorhTec Gecko Edubook comes pre-loaded with WattOS, a distribution of Linux configured to optimize the hardware of the netbook. Other Linux based operating systems are also configurable on the netbook, including Puppy Linux among others. NorhTec’s Michael Barnes has tested the OS on the netbook. He used Puppy Linux 4.12 and ran it from [...]

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The Gecko Surfboard

NorhTec, who brought us the Pad Tablet and the Gecko EduBook, have now come out with the Gecko Surfboard, a computer in a keyboard. You have heard of these before; perhaps the Amstrad computers or the Commodore 64, and lately, the Asus Eee Keyboard. However, what makes this different from say, the Eee Keyboard, is [...]

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Airis Kira 100 – Norhtec Gecko in different colors

If you still remember the Asus Eee PC rival we featured before that goes by the name Norhtec Gecko, well the new Airis Kira 100 which is released in Europe definitely looks almost the same but in different colors. Just like the Asus Eee PC, the Airis Kira 100 is a low-cost ultraportable notebook with [...]

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