I’m typing this on a black Asus Eee PC 4G. I’m loving it so far.
The hardware, while modest is quite nice. Runs Linux (albeit an outdated Xandros)? I’m sold.
Eeeuser.com is a great site to discuss and share ideas with other users.
I’m planning on getting rid of this default distro and installing something […]
Ben Curry
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Asus Eee PC
US Senators call for universal Internet filtering
“US senators today made a bipartisan call for the universal implementation of filtering and monitoring technologies on the Internet in order to protect children at the end of a Senate hearing for which civil liberties groups were not invited.”
Ah, yes…for the kids.
150 USD Laptop with Linux Preinstalled… Scam?
A Swedish company called Medison is currently offering the “Medison Celebrity“, a laptop with Fedora preinstalled…for $150 USD. Nice.
I cannot vouch for the quality of the product, or whether this is a scam or what, but…it would be nice to get one, if indeed they aren’t planning to take the money and run. […]
Harvard Professors Urge University to Fight RIAA
Harvard professor of law Charles Nesson and Wendy Seltzer have written a piece urging the university to fight the RIAA rather than folding to unreasonable demands.
I’m gratified to hear some voices of reason with a bit of backbone at one of these universities. The question of whether or not the law is being broken […]