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Netbook security – Still inadequate

8 July, 2009 (13:47) | linux, netbooks, security | By: MrZaius

I’ve been roundly disappointed by the Xandros Linux build on my 20GB Eee PC 900, but not quite enough to remove it. Ubuntu et al take far too long to boot; Moblin shouldn’t work, given its new Atom requirement; Windows is too bloated and slow to boot, although it would be okay with a conventional [...]

Via’s Nano still missing

14 December, 2008 (03:42) | netbooks | By: MrZaius

It’s official – Via’s not going to come to market anytime soon. Considering the raging success of Intel’s Atom, it’s hard to imagine how (even in this economy), Via can’t get the only viable competitor to market.
I’ve previously written (maybe not here, but *eh*) about my desire to pick up a Via Isaiah/Nano/C-Vapor processor-powered HTPC, [...]

Gigabyte M912 – To SDHC or not to SDHC?

24 September, 2008 (05:41) | netbooks | By: MrZaius

It’s always (ie for the last 18 months [when I discovered these]) bugged the living hell out of me that there were no tablet netbooks on the market, though it could plainly be done. End user accessible kits even exist for the purpose. ASUS et al hadn’t announced a tablet and noone had shipped one, [...]