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My Moblin 2.0 Beta Experience

Moblin 2.0 is a Linux based operating system designed specifically for Intel Atom based netbooks. It is one of the lite OS around that promises ease of use and completeness at the same time. I just downloaded a copy of a Live USB image so I gave it a shot to have some little testing. [...]...

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Google Chrome OS might be here by end of year

Google Chrome OS is an operating system being built specially for netbooks (i hope it’s an instant-on/quick OS). It was announce earlier this week and after that, some leaked photos proved its existence. The Google Chrome OS is an open-source project and you know what it means. Basically, this...

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FAKE: Google Chrome OS is real, photos leaked

Yes folks! The first ever photos of Google Chrome OS were posted today. Apparently, the photos were stolen while a Google Rep left the demo unit unattended in front of a devil’s eye. Visit the authors blog for more details and explanation behind the photos....

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Google Chrome OS for Netbooks

Google is announcing on their blog about their new project- Google Chrome Operating System. It’s been 9 months since they introduced the Google Chrome browser with the interest of the users in mind. They (Google) think that users need better and faster operating system which is not available y...

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Windows 7 Draws the Future for Netbooks

Windows 7 RC1 has been out for a while and will expire license in a while as well. In March of 2010, Windows 7 will start thinking by itself and will make your laptop/netbooks reboot themselves after every 2 hours. Many users have tried and I like to try it too. One of the many [...]...

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Google Android Powered 7″ GNB Netbook

Sascha of Netbooknews.com covered a 7″ GNB Netbook from Computex in Taipei. He demoed and a unit for the world so you don’t have to do it anymore. He’ll be airing his detailed review of the netbook when they get a review unit. Basically, the GNB Netbook is a leightweight device pla...

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Acer’s Android Netbook will ship with Windows

Acer recently announced their plan to build netbooks that run Google Android OS and they actually showed a demo during Computex. The demo showed an Acer Aspire One D250 and Firefox as well. In Digitime’s report, the Google Android OS will actually comes in as dual boot with Windows. Acer chair...

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How To Install Ubuntu 9.04 on Eee PC 901

Now that you got an Asus Eee PC 901, you might also want to try to install the Ubuntu 9.04. Ubuntu 9.04 is also customized to run nicely on some netbooks. If you haven’t noticed yet, the Eee PC 901 has an Intel Atom N270, 1GB RAM and 20GB SSD, which is highly capable of [...]...

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Moblin 2.0 looks cool for netbooks

Moblin 2.0 is a Linux distro specifically designed for netbooks to gain better performance and save on battery and more. It now released and available for download. I haven’t got a time to test the previous versions but I’m thinking about trying the 2.0 tonight. I hope I can have a faste...

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Android Powered Netbook is coming to reality

After some tests and proofs that the Google Android OS can run well on netbooks, it’s now becoming clear that it’s gonna be available on the nearby stores one of these days as Skytone introduces the Alpha 680. The netbook is ARM-based, and run by Google Android OS. Guangzhou is targeting...

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