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Ubuntu Mobile is fracturing design to create a sense of community inclusion

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I’m not sure how much I agree with Ubuntu’s idea to outsource the wireframes of the core Ubuntu Mobile apps to the community, and then have the selected designs used to guide the actual applications. Those that are falling under this remit are YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, RSS Reader, File Manager, Calendar, Clock/Alarm, Weather, Calculator, E-Mail Client, Document Viewer, and the Terminal app. (Seriously you need to design terminal? It’s a black screen, a blinking line, and its meant to be scary!) Mu issue is this. Any operating system that works has a consistency of vision over all the applications. Not just the first party apps, but the third-party apps as well. The

Of Course Netbook Sales Are On The Rise

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Is it any wonder that sales of netbooks are on the rise? The Guardian posted this at the start of the week and I’ve had the tab open in Firefox since then to write about this. The features race on the regular desktop market has been over for a while. The increases in CPU speed and memory don;t affect the average consumer any more. Storage is one area that is growing given the requirements of digital media, but really we should be teaching people to buy a new hard drive rather than a whole new desktop. There will always be

Bringing Balance To The [OS] Force…

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Quote of the day so far has to be in the New York Times article on Ubuntu, from the man driving the project, Mark Shuttleworth, the Self-Appointed Benevolent Dictator for Life. “Look, I have a very privileged life, right?” Mr. Shuttleworth said. “I am a billionaire, bachelor, ex-cosmonaut. Life couldn’t easily be that much better. Being a Linux geek sort of brings balance to the force.” Via the NY Times.

Installing Ubuntu Netbook Remix on the Asus EEE PC

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My recent trip to Dublin (to speak at Mobile Monday Dublin) was a little watershed moment. I pretty much committed to the Asus EEE 901 completely. Unlike previous overnight trips (eg the Birmingham Social Coffee events), I had a fair amount of work that I was still going to be doing while away, including writing up the MoMoDub talk and accompanying PowerPoint presentation. The EEE was going to be the only workhorse with me. Needless to say, it passed with flying colours. In terms of Operating Systems, as the EEE left for these trips it was still able to dual

How To Get Ubuntu Netbook Remix on your Asus EEE PC

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More fiddling on the Asus EEE 901, and more confirmation on why Linux really isn’t yet ready for the mainstream. You may recall that the EEE comes with either Windows XP (which needs little introduction) or a custom build of Xandros which I jokingly call “My First Fisher Price Computer.” The thing is, that Xandros, even in Easy Mode, is pretty slick, and does most of what I need a machine to do (which nowadays means a decent Web Browser, word processor and possibly an IMAP email client). So why go fiddling with new operating system installation? To be honest