Dell ofrece Google Chrome OS para dell mini 10v

Es interesante ver a empresas que adaptan un modelo de ventas basado en dar opciones a los clientes, y no es para menos porque recuerden que el cliente es el que manda, y la empresa Dell ofrece una imagen del sistema operativo de Google para los poseedores de esta netbook

Lo bueno es que trae todos los drivers para que no tengas problemas ni con la tarjeta inalambrica

Lo malo que para probarla necesitaras una memoria de 8 GB que no se porque razon es tan grande, Asi que ya sabes si tienes una Dell Mini 10v no dudes en

Via: Engadget

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Yes, Dell Integrated Webcams DO work with Windows 7!

I was a bit peeved when I tried to fire up my webcam to take a quick snapshot and found it just didn’t start anymore. A quick google search turned up results saying that the Dell Integrated Webcam running on the Inspiron series of notebooks didn’t work if you went from XP to Windows 7. I figured I was SOL, till I stumbled upon a still sealed envelope of the webcam manager that Dell shipped me when I bought the laptop.

I figured it wouldn’t work, but, low and behold it installed, restarted, and it’s up and running better than ever.

Next time don’t be so quick to condemn Dell, they might suck, but they don’t suck THAT hard

–Stephanie

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Brand Republic Twitter Event (#BR140)

I’m a little late writing this up as it happened on Tuesday, but luckily my mental age is not so advanced that I can’t think back two days (provided you’re not asking me what I had for dinner).

Brand Republic’s Twitter Event: Winning Formulas (sic)* to Maximise the Potential of Twitter, was targetted as a workshop for people only just dipping a toe into Twitter, and involved the following:

• An introduction to Twitter and examples of good and bad use by brands from Mark Palmer (@MaverickMark)
• A case study from me about @dogstrust
• An interview between Brand Republic’s outgoing editor Gordon MacMillan (@GordonMacMillan) and Dan from Innocent, the smoothie company (@innocentdrinks)
• A panel involving me, my ex-Shiny colleague Stuart Waterman – now Web Editor of karaoke chain Lucky Voice (@luckyvoice) and Kerry Bridge, Head of Digital Communication at Dell (@KerryatDell)

I feel quite happy with the approach I’ve taken recently in analysing events not in terms of a step-by-step run through – you can get that by doing a hashtag search for #BR140 – but by doing a few positive and negative take-outs from the day.

The Good:

• The interview format for Dan worked very well, and having someone there from a big, recognisable brand talking with absolute honesty about their failures as well as their successes was fantastic. His positive attitude towards Innocent’s followers and faith in transparency and honesty were refreshing. It helps that he’s an engaging speaker. Taking it away from the speaker and presentation format – which I’m not knocking, especially as it worked for me! – was timely and added more of a workshop feel.
• Pitching was to the right level of audience, and the different items on the programme rolled fluidly from one to the other. Around 25% of the people there hadn’t used Twitter before, and most of them seemed a lot more confident and happy at the thought by the end of the day.
• As a speaker, I appreciated the thoughtful organisation done by Mark beforehand, who invited questions from us that the panel could address (as a backup in case the audience was uncertain) and reminded us of the key areas to cover.
• The balance of the panel and speakers was good. Agencies, start ups, charities and big corporations were all given their due which, to a mixed audience, was important. We all want to know we’re getting ideas from ‘people like us’ at the same time as opening our minds to behaving differently. I relentlessly tweeted quotes from Dan because it was nice to know that a big company has the same attitude to tweeting as us!
• I have to give a heads-up to the lovely scones, jam, cream and tea. Mmm.

The Bad:

• There wasn’t much really. We had a bit of a technology fail, which was mostly down to a Mac’s screen resolution getting pissy with the projector screen. It really could have been worse, though.

The Standout Take-Outs:

• Mark’s exhortations to be honest – if there’s one thing worse than a fail, it’s a fail that’s blamed suspiciously on people unable to defend themselves *cough* Habitat intern *cough*.
• Dan’s “just go and do it” advice. We operate on much the same principle. And I would advocate always trying out the tools under your own name first before trying to do it professionally; in fact I suggest it very strongly every time a new centre wants to tweet for us!
• Kerry’s advice to deal with crises in the right space; if people are worrying on Twitter and YouTube, respond there, taking every step you reasonably can to offer good customer service.
• Stuart’s reminder that it’s supposed to be fun, and that people following might not mind being sold to occasionally, but that’s not why they signed up. Be prepared to go off-topic and off-beat to get really engaged followers.

The Summary:

You probably won’t want to attend the next such event in February if you’re already confident and opinionated about Twitter, as it’ll probably be a touch too basic. But if you’re floundering, it’s a good, non-judgemental environment in which to air concerns and have your questions answered, from basic how-to (someone asked about hashtags, for example) to worries about time management.

Then again, even if you are pretty confident, you can never know it all about Twitter and you can always learn from someone else’s example.

 

*The actual plural is ‘formulae’. Given my wealth of typos, it’s probably wrong that this bothers me as much as it does.

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Tá difícil... se descadastrar da Dell

Amanda, de São Paulo/SP, fala da inconveniência causada pela Dell e da frustração por não ser atendida como ela esperava:

Cansada de receber tantos e-mails da Dell (quase diariamente) resolvi pedir a exclusão do meu e-mail. Para a minha surpresa, depois de ter clicado no botão amarelo (“Não desejo mais receber…”),  chegou o seguinte email:

“OBRIGADO POR SE CADASTRAR NA DELL! Amanda, A partir de agora, você receberá ofertas exclusivas da Dell e os últimos lançamentos de produtos e serviços através do email xxxxxxxx@xx.com. Se um dia você desejar realizar mudanças nos seus dados ou cancelar seu cadastro, acesse aqui. Você também poderá atualizar as suas preferências a qualquer momento. Aguarde que o primeiro e mail será enviado em breve.”

Piada né!? É um exemplo de como não fazer e-mail marketing.

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DELL Vostro 1014

Processor Intel Core2Duo T5870 (2.0GHz;2MB;800MHz) Memory 2GB DDR2 Graphics Card Intel GMA 4500MHD Display 14.1″ WXGA LED HD Screen Audio Build-in Stereo Speaker Hard Drive 250GB HDD Optical Drive DVD-RW Dual Layer Connectivity WiFi 802.11b/g/N-Series; 10/100 fast ethernet; 56K Modem; Bluetooth I/O Ports 4 USB 2.0; 2.0MP WebCam; 5-in-1 Card Reader Others Carrying Case Operating System Free DOS Chassis & Weight Black & Red Chassis Box Includes Complete Charger; CD Recovery or Driver Built-in; Manual Book Warranty On-site Service harga Rp.5.900.000,- Harga sewaktu-waktu dapat berubah harap hubungi kami untuk update harga terbaru.

Weekend Links: 14 November 2009

50 penemuan terbaik 2009.

25 of Your Favorite Video Games Recreated as Dioramas.

Howl’s Moving Castle. Dari lego.

Seni Barcode Jepang.

Toilet roll pixel art. So simple. So cute (kamar tidurnya kelihatannya nyaman juga).

10 Geeky Laws That Should Exist, But Don’t:

1. Munroe’s Law: A person in a geeky argument who can quote xkcd to support his position automatically wins the argument.

Dell Inspiron Zino HD Desktop. Mini.

Resume/portfolio bergaya D & D. Sneakers bergaya D & D.

Foto komposit galaksi Bimasakti. 648 megapixel.

Ini mungkin satu Facebook Group yang saya mau gabung dengan sukarela: Mengumpulkan 1 juta pendukung agar… pasangannya mengizinkan rumahnya dijadikan kapal bajak laut. I wish I was kidding.

LOLCUTE:

Forced-perspective photography.

15 hal yang layak diketahui tentang kopi. Hooray Coffee poster.

Wikipedia merangkum rentang tahun 2000-2009.

A viral which got more than 5.3 million viewers

As I have said earlier in my blog, Online is getting bigger and deeper day by day. The amount of time we spend online is startling. There is Facebook, Orkut, Yahoo, Rediff, Hotmail, Youtube, now a days people shop online, share their views on blogs, they tweet. There are so many things to do Online.

People have built their brands or products through this medium. There are many mediums to market the brand but the most effective and cheap medium is Online.

But you need to know the trick to market your story or your product or your brand or your resume or anything else; few people know how to use it, many don’t. 

What if you are Sony or Dell or Michael Jackson or Steve Jobs or Lindsay Lohan ? You name the medium and you have that, you can market it through every possible medium.  

• PR,
• Print,
• Outdoor,
• Internet,
• TV,
• In-films
• And there are multiple options as well.

But the problem arises when you are not a biggie, you are a common man, don’t have the money to spend on these mediums. But you have a remarkable product or brand.

What you will do, How you will market it ? Which option you will use ?

Only one – Online.

You can reach to millions of people around the globe, but the point is why they will waste their valuable time and look at what you are telling them to look at.  

Is there somthing interesting in it for them ?

It should have something unique, something innovative, something which they have never seen it, something makes them enjoy, something engaging. It can be completely wired but the story should be convincing enough for the person to read it or see it.

There are few companies who have promoted their product or brands or themselves through online and they have succeeded in it.

To name a few:

Burger King – ‘Whopper sacrifice’ is a Facebook tool where users have to de-friend people from their friend list in return for a free burger. At the end of the campaign, there were a total of 233,906 users who found themselves dropped from their friends’ friend list. 

Blend Tec – ‘Blend Tec’ makes different types of blenders and these blenders can be used to make stuff like cappuccino, milkshake, making whole vegetables and fruits juices, grating cheese, chopping onions and much more.

 They came out with videos called ‘Will It Blend’, The videos feature Blendtec CEO Tom Dickson liquefying a range of items that are divided into the “Try this at home” and “don’t try this at home” sections. In ‘don’t try this at home’ section features some unusual items that portray the power of the blender from 50 marbles to handful of golf balls to a new iphone .

After being released on YouTube the videos exploded, receiving over 1.7 m views. The traffic to the company’s website, with Alexa ranking jumped to 108,000 spots in the end of 2006.

 BMW: ‘BMW FILMS’ BMW assembled a cast of A-list directors and actors & developed scripts within the basic framework of having a central character that helped people through difficult circumstances using deft driving skills—in a BMW.

 Of course it’s BMW so the production cost was super high but promoting videos was almost free.

More than 10 m films have been viewed from BMWFilms.com. Nearly 2 m people registered on the site, with 60% of those registrants opting to receive more information via e-mail. 

Sunsilk: ‘Sunsilk Gang of Girls’ – India’s first girl online community website. The website has digital makeovers, group blogs, talent shows, job discussion board for girls, chill out zone and many such things.

• Hindustan Lever claims 2,500,000 registrations to Gang of Girls site
• 25,000 girl gangs,
• 200 million hits,
• 12-13 million page views every month.
• The concept got re-launched for rural parts of India as “Sunsilk Saheli”

You might be aware of these online marketing campaigns, they are unique in their own way, at least they were unique when they got launched.

Like these campaigns (ones which I shared with you). Before few days, I came across one of the finest online marketing campaign done by a guy called Juan Mann, a man whose sole mission was to reach out and hug a stranger to brighten up their lives. And his campaign name was ‘Free Hugs Campaign’.

To read about Free Hugs Campaign visit: http://www.freehugscampaign.org/

The video which is shown on Youtube is simply amazing and worth watching. In this age of social disconnectivity and lack of human contact, the effects of the Free Hugs campaign became phenomenal.

The concept is so unique that it got more than 52,000,000 viewers on Youtube.

Online is huge and has billions of users, we just have to know how to use it. If we know how to use it we can build our product or brand completely through this medium.

Have a look at the video, I loved it and am sure you will like it too…

HP acquires 3Com

Oracle, Dell, Xerox and now HP – the high tech world as we knew it is changing fast. Companies that previously stood their ground and was seen as pillars of innovation are know swallowed into mega-companies that will challenge the marketplace with new services, products and offerings. Here is some selected tidbits from BusinessWeek in regards to the deal.

“Through its acquisition of networking gear maker 3Com, Hewlett-Packard will accelerate competition with Cisco Systems (CSCO), especially in China, practically overnight. Then comes the hard part. To make the most of the $2.7 billion deal, HP also needs to revitalize 3Com’s faded brand and persuade Western companies to take a chance on its products, designed largely in Asia.

Analysts were quick to see the logic in the planned acquisition, announced on Nov. 11. HP (HPQ) is attacking Cisco’s dominance of the market for gear that connects computers just as Cisco moves more aggressively into the market for computer systems, where HP is strong. Cisco on Nov. 3 struck a partnership with storage company EMC (EMC) and software company VMware (VMW) aimed atsupplying bundles of computers, storage, networking, and software.”

The article continues…

“HP’s bigger challenge in making the deal a success will be removing the tarnish that remains on the 3Com ’s brand in the U.S. and Europe as a result of years of mismanagement. While 3Com’s data-center networking gear has about 35% of the Chinese market, it’s practically absent from the largest companies in the U.S. and Europe, analysts say.”

Read the full article here.

Other good resources for this topic include: Barrons, WSJ, 24/7 Wall St., Mashable & Techcrunch.

Dell's Inspiron Zino HD now official in Ireland and UK

The Irish may be a few hours ahead of us Yanks, but that’s not stopping us from snooping on their web pages. Dell’s long-awaited Inspiron Zino HD has finally popped official over on the outfit’s IE portal, and considering that it even made a brief appearance on the US site over the weekend, we’re guessing it’s only a matter of hours, minutes and / or nanoseconds before the minuscule desktop shows up everywhere. A total of ten interchangeable colors and designs are being offered on the machine (which gets going at €329), not to mention an integrated HDMI socket and an optional Blu-ray drive. Unlike most of the mini PCs out there today, this one actually has a specs list worth drooling over, and if we can figure out how to get a TV tuner in here, we’d say we just might be looking at our next bedroom HTPC. C’mon US admins — it’s not that early in Round Rock.

[Thanks, Andy]

Update: It’s now live in the UK! Another market down, a few hundred to go…

Gallery: Dell’s Inspiron Zino HD now official in Ireland

Social Networking in Business - Good or Bad?

One of the most vigorously debated issues today is the place of Social Networking in the workplace:
• Should companies be using Social Networking in their marketing mix?
• Should staff be allowed access to Social Networking while at work?

Much of the debate stems from a lack of understanding of what Social Networking is all about and how it should be used, or not used. Many people, in fact, still equate Social Networking with inane information about where somebody is currently sitting doing some introspective navel-gazing, whereas it can – and should – be a highly effective medium for raising the profile of the business, encouraging interaction with all stakeholders and generally enhancing its position in the market.

A great example here is Twitter. While there has been much attention given to an August study from Pear Analytics suggesting that only 8.7% of all Tweets pass along value, the fact is that this misses the point of what a tool like Twitter can really be used for in a business marketing environment. It could, for example, be a wonderful way for customers to get quick status updates on service issues (Direct Tweet the Job Number to your Service Dept) or to see where a shipment is (Direct Tweet a Waybill Number to your Shipping Dept). What about having special-interest customers following a particular product group in your company for news on that product and, possibly, special offers? In fact, the uses for this sort of interaction are limited only by imagination…

Facebook, too, is not simply a tool to show who was drinking too much at the last party. Rather, in the right hands it becomes a great way to promote your business to a wide audience and to gain a set of “Fans” who, by their very presence, are opt-in customers for your marketing efforts. This can be a direct, company page where you share information on your company (or simply a specific product group within your company) and encourage feedback from your “Fans” or can be a more subliminal way of getting your company noticed through making available information of more general use such as the (very topical for this article) Social Media for Small Business set of guides published by Dell.

Of course, if you’re going to open yourself up for public feedback with systems like Twitter and Facebook, it’s essential that you have somebody monitoring your name/page and responding to the inevitable negative comments that will crop up from time to time – thereby turning negatives into easily-seen positives.

Then there are tools like LinkedIn – a great way to find people for your business and to manage your own business profile for those looking at potentially working with you (yes, prospective employees do research your company to see what is out there!).

By tying all of this together with your own Social Networking platform of customers, etc., you can promote your business, conduct online training or product releases, run polls to test issues, manage events and generally make your customers feel part of “your family.” What’s more, you no longer have to contend with outdated mailing lists as your “fans”/customers keep their information updated for you…

So – in answer to the question as to whether companies should be using Social Networking in their marketing mix, an emphatic YES. The secret is to define your objectives and utilise the appropriate tools, remembering, too, that these will evolve and change over time.

And as for the second part of the question – whether employees should have access to Social Networking sites – if this is a part of your marketing mix, your employees need to be a part of it, too. Where there is evidence of individual abuse, as will happen (just as it does with the telephone, coffee breaks, etc., etc.), action against those individuals can be taken – it’s just a question of the right level of monitoring and control, particularly as the lines between work time and leisure time blur in this connected world.

Dell Adamo XPS, el portátil más delgado del mundo al que nadie le importa

Y yo pregunto: ¿A quien le puede interesar el portátil más delgado del mundo si su diseño no esta bien planteado? Esta es la gran apuesta de Dell para la gama de lujo, los Dell Adamo que no han vendido tan bien como esperaban.

No te emociones por este nuevo Dell Adamo XPS, sí que es el portátil más delgado en la actualidad, pero su extraño diseño lo ha matado antes de nacer.

Vamos a echar un vistazo a sus características técnicas. Tenemos un portátil con un grosor de solo 9.99 milímetros de grosor, en comparación con los 1.94cm del MacBook Air. Llega con un procesador Intel Core 2 Duo CULV de 1.4GHz, 4GB de memoria RAM DDR3 de 800MHz, una unidad SSD de 128GB, pantalla WLED de 13.4 pulgadas con una resolución compatible con vídeo en 720p, A-GPS integrado, teclado con retroiluminación, touchpad multitáctil, WiFi 802.11n, 2 puertos USB 2.0, puerto ethernet, salida de audio

Como sistema operativo Windows 7 64bit, claro. Las características, si las lees del tirón te puedes hacer una idea de un portátil que, esta bien, pero que todo cambia al mirarlo. No pesa más de 1.3Kg y sus medidas son de 340 x 272 x 9,99 mm.

No se puede considerar un buen diseño en un portátil cuando el teclado te obliga a estar levantado, en un ángulo que no es nada bueno ergonómicamente. El diseño en sí también es bastante raro, la parte inferior de la pantalla parece que bien lleva todos los componentes o la batería, porque es más gruesa que la pantalla y es donde van las conexiones. Otro gran fallo, no tiene salida de gráficos, ni VGA, ni mini DVI, ni HDMI, nada, no hay posibilidad de conectarlo a una pantalla más grande.

Estará disponible en algunas semanas y aun no se han atrevido a publicar su precio, que ya os aviso será de infarto.

Dell Adamo XPS Hands On: Insanely Thin (and Just Insane)

The Adamo XPS is a daring slice of design and engineering. Quite frankly, it’s batshit insane.

I mean that in the best possible way.

It really is impossibly thin. I felt like I was holding a single sheet of aluminum that was contoured into the curved shape of a laptop. I set it down, gingerly, because I didn’t want to break it, since I didn’t know at the moment that it was $1800. My finger slid across the latch to disengage the heat-sensitive capacitive latch.

There was no visible sign my stroke was the lucky one, so I waited a second before prying the top half upward. It wasn’t entirely seamless—I had to hold the bottom half down as with a single finger as I pulled the display open and the keyboard slid forward, like a notebook out of a Pierce Brosnan-era James Bond era. The metal keys were cold. Which I kind of liked, actually.

When it’s in full bloom, the entire computer is propped up, resting on the front edge of the keyboard and outer edge of the display, so from the side it looks like an L that’s had its foot broken. It’s one reason I think the Adamo XPS is insane—there’s just nothing else like it, and that’s what I love about it, all practical issues aside. Like one I suspected initially, and confirmed when I had to balance it near the window—it’s going to be tricky to actually use in your lap. Do you let the overhang reset against your kneecaps? Or do you perform a balancing act, resting the slim edges on your legs, hoping you don’t lean one way or the other? The design’s not simply to show off your $1800 Ginsu blade by Dell, either—it’s for heat dissipation.

The 1366×768 LED display is sunken, so there’s a rim around it. That’s because the bottom folds up into the top, with a puffy lip, holding the webcam and mic, hanging over it. I worry slightly about the camera lens getting scratched, since it’s exposed whenever the Adamo XPS is closed.

I didn’t get to actually use the computer much, but it’s got essentially the same ultralight guts as the original Adamo, with the important distinction that it’s running Windows 7, so it should be a smoother ride in theory. The 20Whr battery, however, is only rated to deliver 2 hours and 36 minutes of battery life, so it’s going to be a very short ride. There’s a 40Whr battery available that doubles the life, but it murders the whole point of the Adamo XPS. It has 2 USB ports, DisplayPort video out (with an optional HDMI dongle) and a dongle for ethernet.

Really, it’s more a work of art and engineering than a functional computer, but honestly? That’s just fine, though, because it’s a pretty fantastic one.

DELL ANNOUNCES ADAMO XPS, A DAZZLING GIFT IDEA FOR STYLE-MINDED THIS HOLIDAY SEASON
· World’s Thinnest Laptop is 0.4-inch thin · Adamo XPS Reinforces Dell’s Commitment to Craftsmanship and Design

· Advanced Head-Turning Design Offers Full Feature Set for On-The-Go Computing

ROUND ROCK, Texas, Nov 5, 2009 … Last spring Dell set the computing industry abuzz with the introduction of its Adamo brand, and along with it the world’s thinnest laptop PC. Today, the world meets a new champion of thin: The Dell™ Adamo XPS™, measuring 9.99mm or just four-tenths of an inch. Both laptops set new standards for craftsmanship, design and engineering excellence.

Adamo XPS is a stunning laptop whose design provides a unique experience. With the swipe of a finger, the keyboard appears from under the display as the system is open. The feature set challenged engineers to build the latest technology into a compact space, including:

· 4GB* DDR3 800 memory;

· Intel Core 2 Duo (1.4Ghz) ultra-low voltage processor;

· Thin 128GB SSD for faster, cooler, quieter and more durable storage than traditional hard drives;

· A 13.4-inch high-definition display.

The attention to detail is apparent in the black, jewelry box-like packaging that is as striking as the laptop itself. A tug on a cloth loop reveals the Adamo XPS and assorted accessories that accompany the system. The Adamo XPS was recently recognized as the hottest Windows 7 product by leading technology analyst Rob Enderle with Digital Trends.

Adamo, derived from the Latin word meaning "to fall in love," is a flagship in a line of products created to disrupt the personal computing space with the combination of new design aesthetics, personalization choices and sought-after technologies.

The Adamo by Dell brand was launched last March with the first Adamo laptop, which combined high-performance technologies in a finely-machined aluminum case only .65-inch thick.

The pencil-thin Adamo XPS weighs just over 3 pounds** and measures 13.39 x 10.71 inches. Dell expects to begin taking orders and shipping the Adamo XPS with Microsoft® Windows® 7 pre-installed in time for the holidays. The Adamo XPS is priced starting at $1799. More information is available at www.adamobydell.com

[Dell]

Battuto Hosni, il nuovo direttore dell'Unesco è la bulgara Bokova

Battuto Hosni, il nuovo direttore dell’Unesco è la bulgara Bokova – [ Il Foglio.it › La giornata ]

La bulgara Irina Bokova è stata eletta direttrice generale dell’Unesco, battendo il controverso candidato egiziano Faruk Hosni, accusato di antisemitismo.

Negli ultimi giorni lo scontro tra i due si era tramutato in un vero testa a testa tanto che ci sono volute cinque sessioni di voto per individuare il nuovo capo del massimo organo culturale delle Nazioni Unite.

In passato il ministro egiziano aveva infatti dichiarato pubblicamente di voler “bruciare di persona” qualsiasi libro di autori israeliani si trovasse nelle biblioteche del Cairo.

Fonte:
http://www.ilfoglio.it/soloqui/3398

I am Officially Nerd-certified...kinda

Ubuntu 9.10 Boot Up Screen

I was pretty damn giddy for the release of Windows 7 a couple weeks ago, and honestly I have to admit it was hella geeky trying to explain to my friends that Windows 7 is good. But now I am officially a board-certified Nerd. On October 29, Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) came out as a final release. For those that have no idea what Ubuntu is, it is basically a variant Linux Operating System. So yes, I’ve installed Linux on my Dell netbook. And yes, I have completed the Operating System Trifecta of Windows, Mac OS-X, and Linux.

To be honest, I know nothing about Ubuntu/Linux. What I do know is that it is completely open-source and it is free. The installation process was fairly easy as I used my trusty USB key to install Ubuntu on my Dell netbook. The process was pretty fast and in less than 30 minutes I had it up and running. I was pretty skeptical about trying Linux because I have no clue how to use it, but I gotta say Ubuntu made it fairly easy and straightforward to get cozy with. In fact it was so easy to get used that I got bored with it in about an hour. I did run across some problems as Ubuntu did crash on me a couple times, and I had an extremely difficult time trying to get my wireless card drivers to work. It maybe me just getting used to Linux. Really, I have no idea why I installed Ubuntu on my netbook but I do like that it takes up just 2 GBs to run and it is a pretty fast OS (booting up and shutting down). Also I like that OpenOffice was included along with some other useful apps, and there is a simple interface to search for more free applications. I downloaded my favorite media player – VLC – with ease. Out of the box, it is not a flashy OS like Windows or OS-X but for a netbook it is excellent. I hated how slow and bloated Windows XP was on the netbook (THANKS DELL!). Honestly, I wouldn’t install it on my main computer but for a netbook Ubuntu just gets the job done. All I know is right now is perhaps the best time for consumers to pick and choose their OS of choice – Snow Leopard, Windows 7, and Ubuntu 9.10 are all good.

This isn’t the first time I’ve tried installing Linux. WAAAY back in like 1996 my friend Phil tried to install Linux Red Hat on my other friend’s HP Windows 95 computer because we were curious little kids back then. Lets just say it was a complete and utter disaster and never dabbled with it until now. Boy, have times changed…I guess I did it for the nerds.

The UI is like the bastard child of Windows and Mac. Or maybe Windows and Mac got their UI design from Linux. Hmmm...

Log-In Screen