Infomania.co.uk » linux http://www.infomania.co.uk Stuff you want to know Sat, 21 Jan 2012 00:20:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Raspberry Pi $25 computer to launch around Feb 10? http://www.infomania.co.uk/archives/496 http://www.infomania.co.uk/archives/496#comments Sat, 21 Jan 2012 00:20:33 +0000 admin http://www.infomania.co.uk/?p=496 The Raspberry Pi bare board Linux computer being launched by the charitable Raspberry Pi Foundation looks set to appear around three weeks from now. It is designed to help people learn computing in the same way that the Sinclair Spectrum and BBC Micro did in the eighties. At $25 or $35, it is very basic [...]]]> The Raspberry Pi bare board Linux computer being launched by the charitable Raspberry Pi Foundation looks set to appear around three weeks from now. It is designed to help people learn computing in the same way that the Sinclair Spectrum and BBC Micro did in the eighties. At $25 or $35, it is very basic – you have to buy the ‘luxury’ ‘B’ version to get an Ethernet socket – but it the board does provide a USB interface (for mouse, keyboard, printer etc), HDMI and phono/RCA video sockets and an SD card slot. The basic ‘A’ version comes with 128 Mb RAM compared with 256 Mb for the ‘B’.

]]> http://www.infomania.co.uk/archives/496/feed 0 Ubuntu Jaunty Jackalope (v 9.04) in beta now, full release due April 23 http://www.infomania.co.uk/archives/142 http://www.infomania.co.uk/archives/142#comments Sun, 29 Mar 2009 21:15:10 +0000 admin http://www.infomania.co.uk/?p=142 The latest release of Ubuntu, a version of the open source Linux operating system and prime alternative to Microsoft Windows, has just gone into beta. Codenamed Jaunty Jackalope, it has been in planning since September last year.

The new release provides faster bootup and includes a new version of the Gnome front-end which features Brasero CD/DVD burning software, [...]]]> The latest release of Ubuntu, a version of the open source Linux operating system and prime alternative to Microsoft Windows, has just gone into beta. Codenamed Jaunty Jackalope, it has been in planning since September last year.

The new release provides faster bootup and includes a new version of the Gnome front-end which features Brasero CD/DVD burning software, and improved support for multiple monitors.

The full release of  Jaunty Jackalope, or Ubuntu 9.04 as it will be known, is due on April 23. Extremetech have reviewed the Beta here, and conclude that ‘Jaunty Jackalope is in pretty darn good shape despite still being a beta’. 

If you want to give it a try, just head on down to Ubuntu.com and download a free copy.

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