[News] Debian Adopts Upstart and Dell Adopts Debian Derivative for Desktop PCs

[News] Debian Adopts Upstart and Dell Adopts Debian Derivative for Desktop PCs

Post by Roy Schest » Fri, 11 Sep 2009 08:28:42


-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

Debian switches to Upstart

,----[ Quote ]
| The Debian boot system maintainers have announced plans to switch to
| the newer Upstart boot system in the forthcoming version 6 (Squeeze).
`----

http://www.yqcomputer.com/

Dell renews Ubuntu Linux desktop line up

,----[ Quote ]
| Microsoft is doing its best to bury desktop Linux with lies but at
| least one major vendor, Dell, isn't just continuing to deliver laptops
| and netbooks with Ubuntu Linux; it's actually upgrading the version of
| Ubuntu it's shipping and, later this week, it will start selling Ubuntu
| 9.04-powered Inspiron 537s desktops.
`----

http://www.yqcomputer.com/

10 Karmic/Koala Wallpapers To Get You In The Mood
,----[ Quote ]
| A selection of 10 Karmic Koala hemedwallpapers that are either are
| official submissions to be the default wallpaper or oalathemed!
`----

http://www.yqcomputer.com/


Recent:

Dell conquers Europe with its Ubuntu netbooks, enters the Netherlands

,----[ Quote ]
| With their new Latitude 2100 laptops, Dell is finally allowing Dutch
| consumers to pick Ubuntu as pre-installed operating system for their
| netbooks.
`----

http://www.yqcomputer.com/


Dell Vouches for Quality of Linux Netbooks

,----[ Quote ]
| A PC World story, apparently covering the same event, reports that Finch
| revealed that in a few weeks Dell will offer Linux OS upgrades to Ubuntu
| 9.04. PC World also reports that Finch said Dell is looking into
| manufacturing ARM-based netbooks and "smartbooks". Finally, Finch was said to
| have revealed that "in certain quarters" close to a third of all Dell netbook
| shipments are pre-loaded with Linux.
`----

http://www.yqcomputer.com/
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux)

iEYEARECAAYFAkqoOioACgkQU4xAY3RXLo6g9gCgqslymagGrPJRcmnbmduxgm2y
bvIAmgIoLSZzxDQJE9oh/XFuwUVpcAyq
=lRNe
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
 
 
 

1. [News] New Debian Community Poll Debian, How Debian Deals With Packages (Better Than Windows)

2. [News] Debian-EeePC Works on Putting Debian on the Eee PC

Bits from the Debian Eee PC team

,----[ Quote ]
| In the past few months in the Debian-EeePC team, a number of interesting
| things have been happening.
`----

http://www.yqcomputer.com/


Recent:

Fedora + Eee PC = Eeedora

,----[ Quote ]
| I am a fan of affordable technology. I like relatively cheap gadgets, and I
| like open source. When I heard about AsusEee PC, I took it with a certain
| grain of salt. I thought that maybe it was just another company trying to
| take a piece of the pie from the One Laptop Per Child initiative.
`----

http://www.yqcomputer.com/

3. [News] ThinkIO-Solo PC Comes With Debian, Debian Bugs Squashed

4. [News] Interview With Debian Leader Stefano Zacchiroli, Debian News

5. [News] Debian News, Profile of Debian Developr Jeremy Malcolm

6. [News] Debian and Ubuntu Have Contrasting Views, Debian Project News

7. [news][linux+minix][off-topic] Debian Weekly News - Minix port for Debian

8. [News] Debian News, Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 Comes with AMD Board

9. http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce....Debian Sarge is frozen

10. [OT] Usenet (was: Ada in Debian: new dedicated mailing list, debian-ada@lists.debian.org)

11. Ada in Debian: new dedicated mailing list, debian-ada@lists.debian.org

12. http://adopt.hotbar.com/adopt.jsp?

13. [News] Dell Adopt Another GNU/Linux Distribution and Looks Into GNU/Linux-only Devices (ARM)

14. [News] Government of the Philippines Chooses Debian for Cluster, Debian Election Near

15. [News] Debian Raves and Interview with Debian Developer Eric Sharkey