Category Archives: Operating Systems

The network is the computer

Google announced a bunch of stuff last week, finally bringing to the mainstream some bits of tech that have been bubbling away for a few years now. One is the Chrome operating system, a lightweight OS for netbooks that pretty … Continue reading

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Adventures in open source land

I had a load of fun yesterday being a total geek and installing Ubuntu on a netbook I’ve have for a little while and which doesn’t get used an awful lot. It’s a Samsung NC10, which, as I mentioned in … Continue reading

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Clear your desk(top)

AJ’s blog features a nice piece on keeping your desktop free. It’s Windows specific, but the principles could be applied to any OS, I guess. I am with him on this one. The idea of having icons on the desktop … Continue reading

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