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An Eee PC in Every Room? Twenty Uses for Netbooks in Your Home
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| Here's what I'd do (most of these things require you to disable the Eee PC's
| screensaver, which you can do quite easily):
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| 1. Watch TV. The main purpose of our Eee PC right now is to use it as a
| very portable television. We watch Hulu mostly, as well as South Park
| when a new episode comes out. We originally bought the Eee PC because we
| lost our DirecTV (neighbor's trees in the way) and we didn't want to have
| to run a cable to the far room, so we just set up the Eee PC in that room
| and streamed content from Hulu. We love it. But you need a set of cheap
| speakers plugged into the Eee PC to really get sound. Otherwise it works
| great. My wife isn't a very confident computer user so I built her an easy
| menu of the sources of entertainment. (Yes, Flash for Hulu and YouTube
| runs fine on the Eee PC out-of-the-box.) Plus, the Eee PC has a port to
| connect to a larger monitor or TV (VGA).
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| 2. Listen to streaming music. Pandora works on the Eee PC. If you haven't
| used Pandora, you should really give it a try. It is a free streaming
| music service where you can construct your own radio station of cool
| songs. You can pick a number of your favorite artists and then it will
| play music that is similar to those artists (as well as the artists
| themselves). It can go for hours with enjoyable tunes, and if you don't
| like something, you can vote it down and it will jump to the next song.
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http://holistic-economy.blogspot.com/2009/02/eee-pc-in-every-room-twenty-uses-for.html
Recent:
One Third of Dell Inspiron Mini 9s Sold Run Linux
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| Dell attributes part of the Linux growth to competitive pricing on the Ubuntu
| SKUs. “When you look at the sweet spot for this category it is price
| sensitivity, and Linux enabled us to offer a lower price entry point,” added
| Dell senior product manager John New.
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http://blog.laptopmag.com/one-third-of-dell-inspiron-mini-9s-sold-run-linux
Netbooks Open Linux Window at BETT
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| On the same stand a large screen showed off the design appeal of the latest
| Ubuntu. This includes multiple windows rotating or rescaling. As this is
| better understood some Netbook users may return to Linux. Asustek Chairman
| Jonney Shih has predicted that about 60 percent of Eee PCs to be shipped in
| 2009 will have Windows XP.
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http://english.ohmynews.com/ArticleView/article_view.asp?menu=A11100&no=384681&rel_no=1&back_url=
Netbook Sales Soar in Europe
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| Adoption of non-Windows operating systems, Linux mainly, is stronger there
| than the United States.
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http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/desktop_mobile/netbook_sales_soar_in_europe.html?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535
Future of Linux desktop: co-Linux on Android
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| We're at the native Linux desktop, moving towards the Android desktop
| (netbooks coming soon). What would bridge those two environments, is to offer
| a second Linux sandbox which runs along with Android.
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http://www.trendcaller.com/2009/02/future-of-linux-desktop-co-linux-on.html
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