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How to fix any computer – The Oatmeal via kwout

I just installed Linux Mint 10. And I’m blogging on top of it ( + Firefox + Scribefire). The installation is really straightforward. I just had to be carefull when overidding my OpenSuse partition. I like the user interface (it’ very clean). The only problem was to download the torrent file from the official web site that is quite overloaded currently.

The Linux Mint Blog » Blog Archive » Linux Mint 10 “Julia” released! via kwout

As Ubuntu is overexposed in the Linux world, it’s refreshing to see a review talking about other Linux distributions like the review referenced below. And according Maximum PC one of the best distribution is Fedora. But as they also highlighted, every distribution has strengths and weaknesses:

• Fedora is secure but lacks a dedicated administration application
• Ubuntu has a huge application base and benefit from a very good support from it community
• OpenSUSE has a dedicated administration tool (Yast) but lacks applications and support

There’s Way More to Linux than Ubuntu: 8 Distros Compared – Page 1 | Maximum PC

Yesterday I installed OpenSuse 10.3 on my home PC. And I’m impressed by the progress made in Linux desktop installation over a few years. I remember how painful it was to install older distributions like Red Hat 6.x. The OpenSuse installation is very straightforward. The installation takes care of almost everything. I just had to change the default partionning scheme a little to keep my Windows XP partition as the default one. And it’s fast compared to Windows. The longer part was the server updates at the end of the installation.

In this article, Mike Elgan explains why Asustech is "the most hated company in the PC industry": Microsoft, Dell, Apple and Palm hate Asus because of the EEE of course. In fact we learn that:

• Microsoft hates Asus because the EEE doesn’t embed any Microsoft software: OpenOffice instead of Microsoft Office and Firefox instead of Internet Explorer.
• Apple and Dell hates Asus because they were planing to release a flash based mini-laptop. And Asus did it before them.
• Palm also planed to ship a mini-laptop called Foleo powered by Palm proprietary OS. But they’re late with regards to EEE.

The only PC company that loves Asus is Intel (Of course EEE embed Intel processors). This post provides also a list of EEE review. All of them are positive.

The Most Hated Company In the PC Industry via kwout

In the geek world, the mobile device generating the more buzz is not the Apple’s iPhone, but the Asus EEE PC. Ars Technica published an extensive review of the product. And this mobile PC looks really promising for many reasons:

• Small size
• Small price: price should start at US$200
• Open Source software: EEE run Xandros Linux distribution

Eeextremely Eeenticing: a review of the Asus Eee PC: Page 1 via kwout

APC published a very good article that compares Ubuntu to Windows when executing various tasks (mp3 encoding, Web browsing, Media playback, etc). Ubuntu is very good for most of the task sbut remains behing windows for some of them like mp3 encoding and Webcam management. The complete Ubuntu rating is list below:

• First impressions: Pass — No problems. The task can be completed exactly as under Windows.
• Getting Updates: Optimal — Passes with flying colours. The task could not only be completed, but better or easier than under Windows.
• Web browsing: Pass
• Media playback: Iffy — When a task could only be partially completed, or completed but not without issue.
• File management: Pass
• Network shares: Pass
• Uploading to sites: Optimal 
• CD and DVD burning: Optimal 
• MP3 Encoding: Iffy 
• Talking to the iPod: Optimal 
• Taking the upgrade plunge: Optimal 
• Evolutionary email: Optimal 
• Open Office: Optimal 
• Web StarCam: Iffy 
• Plug in Cameras: Flop — Not possible to complete at all. Probably not a good thing.
• USB drives: Optimal 
• Image management: Optimal 
• Image editing: Optimal 
• Printing: Pass 
• Managing disk space: Flop 
• Video production: Optimal 
• Native games: Flop Pass
• Transgaming: Iffy 
• Free games: Optimal