Is Microsoft ‘Buying-Off’ Linux Netbook Vendors? [Updated]
There seems to be something of a military campaign afoot. One that surely shows signs of desperation and anxiety on behalf of the instigator. First we had Asus telling it’s potential customers that...
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Getting your Microsoft Tax Refunded: 10/10 for Amazon UK! [Updated]
Yesterday I received a great prize from the people at Miserware for helping with the Beta trial of their power saving software for Linux computers; a new and very shiny Asus 1008HA netbook PC. The PC...
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Asus 1008HA with Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala Alpha2
Following my earlier post about getting the Microsoft Tax on the Asus netbook refunded very efficiently and painlessly by Amazon, I’ve been doing a little reading, formatting, re-partitioning,...
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Pressure Mounts on Windows Tax? [Update]
I wonder… Since I wrote about getting the Windows license fee refunded on my Asus 1008HA netbook here in the UK, there have been more examples where individuals have had some success. First we had a...
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Thunderbird 3 on a netbook?
I’ve been discussing the layout of the forthcoming TB3 release on their mailing list recently. Since I installed it on my new Asus 1008HA on top of the Ubuntu Karmic Alpha build I’m having a bit of an...
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More book reviews and what I’ve been up to…
I just noticed that I hadn’t posted anything here for what feels like ages – since August the 15th. So I thought, hmmm, better write something. But what? A quick update on what’s been going on perhaps?...
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Another Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala Review [Updated]
I know there are quite a few reviews of the very-soon-to-be-released version of Ubuntu called Karmic Koala or 9.10, but I wanted to share my impressions too. Another can’t do any harm can it? I’ve had...
View ArticleMiserware Energy Saving Software now cross-platform
Perhaps you will recall the Miserware power saving software I blogged about last year? I’m still running it on all of my machines here and it has been great – I really don’t notice it at all. It just...
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