Archive for November, 2008

COM Express module targets display systems

Sunday, November 2nd, 2008 Posted in Hardware, Ubuntu News, linux | No Comments »

Adlink announced an entry-level, display-oriented Intel Atom-based COM Express module. The Express-AT incorporates a 1.6GHz Atom N270 processor, supports CRT resolution up to 1600 x 1200, and provides a gigabit ... Read more..

An OLPC dilemma: Linux or Windows?

Sunday, November 2nd, 2008 Posted in Hardware, Ubuntu News, linux | No Comments »

A CNET review of the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) XO netbook explores the dilemma facing customers choosing between the Linux and Windows XP versions. Meanwhile, the Fedora Project has ... Read more..

Dell spins dual-core thin client

Sunday, November 2nd, 2008 Posted in Hardware, Ubuntu News, linux | No Comments »

Dell has announced a device billed as the company's first-ever thin client design. The Optiplex FX160 has single-core Atom 230 or dual-core Atom 330 processors, up to 4GB of RAM, ... Read more..

Tutorial gets chummy with GNU compilers

Sunday, November 2nd, 2008 Posted in Hardware, Ubuntu News, linux | No Comments »

IBM DeveloperWorks has published a tutorial on GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) version 4. Written by Tim Jones, "Get to know GCC 4" describes the upgrade's new Tree SSA optimization framework ... Read more..

Linux to outship Windows next year?

Sunday, November 2nd, 2008 Posted in Hardware, Ubuntu News, linux | No Comments »

Jim Zemlin, director of the Linux Foundation, has posited that Linux may outship Windows on the desktop next year, thanks to the many fast-booting Linux environments increasingly bundled with PCs. ... Read more..