Canonical has officially launched the latest version of its popular Linux-based operating system, Ubuntu 10.10, with an attractive interface aimed at impressing netbook users.
Ubuntu’s penchant for daft version names for their Linux OS continues with the v9.10 “Karmic Koala” release now being replaced by v10.04 which regales under the name, “Lucid Lynx.”
Here’s a neat tool for Windows users who’d like to experiment with the Ubuntu operating system without having to faff about with dual booting systems or risk trashing your current installation.
The free Portable Ubuntu for Windows application lets you runs an entire Linux operating system as a Windows application – and then carry it around on a USB stick.
Anyone looking for a stylish mini PC netbook at a super-cut down price, should swiftly cast their eyes in the direction of the Aspire Revo R3600.
Offered by e-Buyer, who are currently offering the Revo for a few pennies under £150, this looks tremendous value to our eyes.
A stylish, Linux-powered number small enough to fit on to the back of your monitor, the Revo is powered by an Intel Atom 230 CPU (the single-core version of dual core 330), running at 1.6GHz – perfect for a small home server or media centre.
Nokia’s super-slick Maemo N900 tablet smartphone looks a vast improvement on their recent offerings, and the company have released a “getting started” video to show off what the phone can do.
There’s been a fair bit of hype around this phone, and with Nokia suffering their first quarterly loss in a decade – and a hefty €559 million one at that – there’s a lot resting on this fella.
Linux creator Linus Torvalds shocked Linux fans by declaring the open source operating system to be getting “bloated and huge.”
Speaking at the LinuxCon conference, the infamously short tempered Torvalds slammed the operating system for larding up beyond recognition, and he has a point: in 1994, the first version of Linux 1.0 purred along with 176,250 lines of code, while the latest version 2.6.30 needs a Billy Bunter-like 11,637,173 lines of code.
“We’re getting bloated, yes it’s a problem,” said Torvalds. “I’d love to say we have a plan [to reduce its size],” he continued.
“I mean, sometimes it’s a bit sad and we’re definitely not the streamlined hyper-efficient kernel that I had envisioned 15 years ago. The kernel is huge and bloated.”
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