Author Archives: matthannan

Someone else’s netbook OS list

Posted on 5 December 2009 by matthannan

10 Solid Linux Distributions for Your Netbook

I’ve tried most of these in various incarnations and on other hardware than a netbook.

Excuse me while I take a second to bash this guy as a geek writer.

One word of caution: You can put any distribution on your netbook, but it’s not advised.

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Jolicloud netbook OS

Posted on 3 December 2009 by matthannan

The version I am running is Private Alpha 2c (Developer’s Edition), so I am not expecting a lot out of it, especially after my last couple of nights looking at Moblin v2.0 and v2.1. But, I’ll tell you what, those Moblin devs have a LOT of work ahead of them if they want to do something other than waste their time and Intel’s money.… Read the rest

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ChromeOS

Posted on 2 December 2009 by matthannan

A happy accident for me tonight. A misclick while trying to install the Jolicloud Live iso on a USB key left me booting my netbook into Google’s ChromeOS. I was amazed that it actually worked!
From power on to log-in to Web was, literally, seconds.… Read the rest

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Blogging it out on the World Wide Web

Posted on 25 August 2009 by matthannan

Blogs are so…solitary.
Social networks are a security nightmare and, at times, overwhelming.
Forum sites are so 1999.

I can has Google Wave running on my server, please?… Read the rest

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Test 1001

Posted on 21 February 2009 by matthannan

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Hello, world!

Posted on 20 February 2009 by matthannan

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