To sum up the Acer Aspire One: this is what notebooks should have always been like. Small, portable, light, fast, and cheap. For just EUR 299, you are getting a proper netbook, with all the functionality of its big brothers and sisters. Maybe not as full-featured as the MSI Wind, and not as hyped as the eeePC, but still the better choice.
Gentoo still isn’t for everybody, but those who accept the challenge won’t be disappointed. You too can have the sense of ownership and satisfaction of running a system like no one else’s. Has Gentoo gotten its act together? Only time will tell, but it sure looks like Gentoo is back on the right path. I’m sticking with it.
Overall this version of Ubuntu Mobile Edition represents a good start toward making the Linux operating system a viable alternative to Windows for ultra portable devices.
“Pineapple Express” has all the elements you’d expect from the genre: male bonding, immature sexual desires, verbal scatology, formidable drug abuse, fight scenes, gunfire, explosions. Yawn? Not this time. It’s a quality movie even if the material is unworthy of the treatment.
While OpenOffice.org has been consistently compared to Microsoft’s Office, for a free software suite, it offers remarkable functionality. Considering Microsoft Office 2007 Ultimate retails at around AU$800, OpenOffice.org has the potential to save you a lot of money.
To be clear, the Eee Box is not for sweaty frag fests or heavy duty HD video decoding. But if you have hankering for a killer kitchen PC or just an uber cheap second or third home PC that runs Linux or XP, it simply can’t be beat. Let the Eee Box knock-offs commence!
Microsoft, upon experiencing Mandriva Linux Spring 2008, should be getting close to shaking in their boots. This is, without a doubt, the finest release of any Linux distribution I have ever experienced in my 10+ years of using Linux.
The Linux version of the Aspire One is easy to use and has a solid-state drive, but the Windows XP version has better memory and storage capacity for only $100 more. Furthermore, Acer will also release versions with built-in 3G modules. It’s really a case of waiting for the new versions to arrive, unless the portability and ease of use of this unit catches your fancy.
KDE 4.1 has enough gaps in customization and supporting applications that it will probably not stop the controversy that surrounded KDE 4.0. However, it does offer enough features and stability that it should reduce the ferocity and number of complaints enough that more serious assessment of the changes in KDE 4.1 can begin.
Now why did I like this movie? ‘The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor” was just plain dumb fun, is why. It is absurd and preposterous, and proud of it. Moviegoers who knowingly buy a ticket for “The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor” are going to get exactly what they expect: There is a mummy, a tomb, a dragon and an emperor.