Speak Up if You Want to See NVIDIA’s Ion

If you want to see an ultraportable device using NVIDIA’s Ion platform that was demonstrated at CES, NVIDIA wants you to contact your favorite maker of notebooks or netbooks or anything in between. They want you to ask if or when your favorite PC company … Read more

Jolicloud – Cloud-Based Linux for Netbooks

jolicloud Yesterday I mentioned Kuki Linux, an Ubuntu-based Linux distribution (or just the kernel if you prefer) centered around the 8.9″ Acer Aspire One.

Today, I’m mentioning a different Linux distribution, one that is focused on netbooks in general, and that’s designed around using the internet and cloud-based computing.

It’s called jolicloud (www.jolicloud.com), and in the word of it’s developers:

We love netbooks: they are cheap, compact, light and always connected via 3G.

What we didn’t like so much was the user experience so we decided to build our own.

We used Linux and made it boot faster and we optimized it for surf and cloud computing. We redesigned the interface and integrated some cool stuff.

This is how the jolicloud project started. The next step is to let you try it out and have your opinion so together we can build the best netbook experience.

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Dell Inspiron Mini 10, Better Make That the Mini 9

Over at the MyDellMini forums, there is a thread with a couple of people who mentioned ordering what they thought were Dell Inspiron Mini 10s, only they received a Inspiron Mini 9 instead. Earlier this week, they had ordered them from Tesco in the UK, … Read more

Kuki Linux

Yesterday, there was a new release (alpha) of Kuki Linux, 2.0. Kuki Linux (pronouced “cookie”) is a new Linux distribution, tailored specifically for the 8.9″ Acer Aspire One. Its developers describe it as “an out of the box experience for the Acer Aspire One.” It’s … Read more

HP Mini 2140 Review (CNET)

CNET has published their review of the new 10.1″ HP Mini 2140. They gave it high marks for the keyboard, construction (metal), and for the full-size ExpressCard/54 slot. Many manufacturers would be tempted with an ExpressCard/34 slot, were they to even add a slot. The … Read more