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Canonical and Ubuntu vs. Windows 8 Secure Boot?

Posted on October 28, 2011 by Jonathan Moeller

Here is Canonical’s whitepaper arguing that end users should be allowed to disable the Secure Boot feature in their machines, or at least modify it easily. It will be interesting to see if PC manufacturers respond or not. -JM

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Windows XP Is Ten Years Old

Posted on October 25, 2011 by Jonathan Moeller

Windows XP is officially ten years old today. In computer terms, that makes it officially “older than dirt.” -JM

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Terminal apps for Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot

Posted on October 22, 2011 by Jonathan Moeller

Here is a good post listing five alternative Terminal applications for Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot. -JM

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Ubuntu’s Seventh Birthday

Posted on October 20, 2011 by Jonathan Moeller

Ubuntu Linux is seven years old today. Time does fly. -JM

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Leo Apotheker out, Meg Whitman the new HP CEO

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Jonathan Moeller

Looks like HP kicked out its CEO Leo Apotheker and instead hired Meg Whitman instead. Considering the various foolish things HP has done in the last year, this is not at all surprising – they finally reach dominance of the … Continue reading →

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Diablo 3 Beta

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Jonathan Moeller

Ars Technica has hands-on with the Diablo 3 beta. Looks a lot like Torchlight, doesn’t it? I suspect I won’t be playing Diablo 3 for two reasons. One, the stupid Internet-only restriction – if the game can’t connect to the … Continue reading →

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Updates for Ubuntu Unity

Posted on September 21, 2011 by Jonathan Moeller

A good article at ZDNET, detailing some of upcoming changes for Unity in the new version of Ubuntu. -JM

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Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot Installer

Posted on September 12, 2011 by Jonathan Moeller

Here’s a good preview of the installer for Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot. -JM

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Cloud computing…

Posted on September 11, 2011 by Jonathan Moeller

…isn’t always the best idea. -JM

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The death of the HP TouchPad and WebOS

Posted on August 18, 2011 by Jonathan Moeller

HP announced today that they’re ditching both webOS and their webOS-based tablet offerings. And so the last legacy of Palm comes to its final demise. So it looks like the battle in the mobile space is now between iOS and … Continue reading →

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