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System76 Refreshes its Starling Netbook with Ubuntu 10.4

Still remember the Ubuntu-powered Starling netbook from System76? Well, guess what it just got an update this time now running on the latest Ubuntu 10.04 Netbook Edition.  The netbook was also upgraded to meet the current standards of netbook specs these days. And these include the following: Display: 10.1″ HD WSVGA Super Clear Ultra-Bright LED [...]

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Linux netbooks to get multitouch support soon

It’s long been the bane of those who have notebooks and netbooks carrying the open-source OS that it’s always one-upped by Windows users, especially in hardware support. One of those things Linux users do not enjoy is out of the box multitouch support even if their device has it when it runs Windows. They’re missing [...]

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Ekoore ET10TA tablet gets down with Ubuntu

There’s been a lot of talk about tablets ever since the year started but there’s been little buzz about Linux tablets. Sure, Android is a version of Linux but I’m talking about the other distributions like Ubuntu. The ET10TA from Ekoore of Italy wants to be different and is available in Ubuntu as well as [...]

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ZaReason outs Teo Ubuntu Pine Trail netbook

Netbook news on ZaReason has been sparse recently though they did make quite a scene at the start of the netbook revolution. They’ve been a bit busy though in the portable computing scene with the launch of the new Teo netbook. Amazon gave a few details on this netbook which looks like it went for [...]

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Ubuntu Linux gets updated

Only a couple of days ago, the Linpus Linux Lite for netbooks was updated, to be more aesthetically pleasing. Now Ubuntu has been updated, to include a new visual makeover. Instead of the usual brown color found in Ubuntu Linux, Ubuntu 10.04 will feature an aubergine shade of purple interface, with hints of orange still [...]

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