Hilariously, according to the manual as it were, World of Warcraft isn’t even compatible with Linux, despite good support for it under WINE.  Also, the idea of Windows Live Essentials as being a “free download” is a bit of hogwash we call know, especially since Linux has offered a slew of alternatives to the Windows Live Essentials.

All in all, we are yet again pretty disappointed by Microsoft.  Shame, shame.

The LimePC can’t be called a computer per se, it is more of a UMPC – Ultra Mobile Personal Computer.

The tiny device is as small as an iPod Nano, and in the inside you can find an audio/graphic card, ethernet, motherboard, PCI, and last but not least, a MPC5121e processor.

The LimePC is going to be presented at CES 2008, and taking in consideration its small size and features, I’d say it is probably (76%) going to be a hit.

So far there aren’t plenty of details, but the UMPC is:

Based on Debian Linux and full screen HTML based user interface and Web 2.0 applications.

MusicPal is a linux-based gadget with many features, I consider it an excellent 4-in-1 Wireless Entertainment Gadget that can be placed near your bed.

What is so good about the MusicPal?

• comes with WiFi so you can stream radio directly from your PC
• the WiFi function also lets you stream MP3 files
• and last but not least, the most important feature is the ability to display RSS feeds on its LCD screen

What more can you ask? Alarm clock? Check. Ethernet Port in case there isn’t WiFi? Check.

It is time to replace the old-school alarm clock for something cool and useful, the MusicPal that costs $139.

While some people go for the cheapest laptop possible (OLPC project), there are others that see a market for low-cost desktop computers and that is exactly the case with MadTux MT-100. The linux based computer has a price tag of $139 and as expected it comes with some below-the-average specifications with the most important ones being the following:

• 1.5GHz processor
• 256MB DDR2 RAM
• 13.5GB 7200RPM Hard Disk
• 128-bit 3D/2D Graphics engine

Check more details on the MadTux MT-100.

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ClassMatePC is the “new” Linux based laptop developed by Intel and Mandriva, a Linux distributor with base in France.

The laptop has been produced on the other side of the world, Brazil, where there are already 800 units being used on their schools for testing purposes, other countries such as Mexico and India will have the opportunity to buy the Intel ClassMatePC computer during the second quarter of 2007.

It has some impressive specifications for a low-cost device, starting by the enhanced version of Mandriva Linux 2007 that took 8 months to finish, and ending with the following specifications:

• Intel Mobile 900MHz Celeron ULV chip
• 7-inch LCD display
• water-resistant keyboard
• 256MB of RAM
• 2GB of flash memory-based local storage
• 802.11b/g WiFi interface
• 10/100Mbps Ethernet networking
• 2 USB ports
• theft-control feature

So, you want to buy a gadget be it a laptop, notebook, mobile phone or PDA, but you have one important requirement which is a must-have Linux preinstalled.

It isn’t an easy task to go search for a store that has devices with Linux as the main Operative System installed, but there is a website that can help you out by listing all of the places/devices/websites with the previously mentioned characteristics.

Thanks to TuxMobil you can know which vendor operates in which region, and also what Linux gadgets they are able to provide. For example, as of right now and not knowing if that info table is accurate or not, there are only 3 companies that sell mobile phones preinstalled with Linux, those being Vesat, M-Circle and eXpansys.

[Via: Digg]

To keep up with the robotic trend from yesterday, I would like to present yet another robot which is not so good as Spyke but still worth a mention. This one has a more original name – Wow Wee – and strangely enough, it comes with a Linux OS and the creators consider it a “Multimedia Robotic Experience”.

On the technical details, there is:

• a small 1.9-inch LCD screen located on the front (chest) of the robot
• one speaker placed on each hand with a 11watts of power
• camera with motion tracking
• compatible with the old USB1.1 interface
• 40MB of internal flash memory with an option to upgrade to 1GB thanks to the SD card slot
• 2 microphones
• MP3 Player + camera

[Via: AVING]

Adobe has finally released the Flash Player 9 for Linux, it’s still in beta version but at least it counts for something – even if it is only to report bugs!

Check the Adobe Labs website and pick the Linux version if you are a Linux user. Also, here are the release notes that might be an interesting topic for some people.

[Via: Pengium.swf]

[tags]flash, linux, flash player 9, adobe[/tags]

So now they’ve improved and released their Linux version. Coincidence – I was playing around with a Linux laptop at a local computer store a few days ago and wondered how compatible it would be with the VOIP and IM apps I regularly use.

Here’s a snip from the official announcement:

We have finally put up the latest and the greatest and public and 1.3.

Named Skype for Linux 1.3.0.53 it sports an impressive change log with a lot of visual, usability and sound quality improvements.

There are still some audio problems (for some users, especially those on Ubuntu 6.06), and we will try to address them in further versions.

So, all you penguin hugging Skype junkies, can download Skype for Linux here.

[tags]Skype for Linux[/tags]

[Source: Madfire.net Via: Digg]

Linux Counter is a project that aims to get a number of Linux users in the world, it started back on 1993 and the person in charge is Harald Alvestrand.

There can’t be an exact number of Linux users, so the latest guess (made on march 2005) is about 29 million, showing signs of growth from that time to today… If you’re a user of this operative system and not registered at the Linux Counter, go ahead and complete the simple form for submission.

A second purpose of the Linux Counter is to make it possible for Linux users to find each other. The Linux Counter is reporting Linux users sorted per almost any place in the world.

[tags]linux, users, os, linux counter, harald alvestrand[/tags]