Asus launches “Eee” low-cost laptops.

Hmmm, perhaps this would make a good replacement laptop for my needs. The folks over at ArsTechnica.com fill us in on the just announced Eee laptops from Asus:

The Eee (rhymes with Wii) is an ultra-compact notebook with a 7-inch screen that weighs 2.03 pounds. It will be available in three different models, starting from . . . → Read More: Asus launches “Eee” low-cost laptops.

The Medison Celebrity is a $150 Linux laptop.

I’ve got an old Dell L400 laptop that’s really starting to show it’s age as of late so I’ve been thinking of trying to find a replacement, but even at the low prices laptops tend to have these days nothing was within my budget range. Then I saw an entry on Engdaget about an upcoming . . . → Read More: The Medison Celebrity is a $150 Linux laptop.

Dell to start offering Linux on new PCs.

First they start offering AMD processors and now Dell says they’re going to start selling consumer PCs with Linux installed:

Based on customer feedback Dell began soliciting last month, Dell said that top of mind among customers was that the company should begin offering Linux as an alternative to Windows on its personal computers, according . . . → Read More: Dell to start offering Linux on new PCs.

Novell Linux spoofs the PC vs Mac commercials.

Heh heh, this is quite amusing…

Linux kernel developers offer to help program hardware drivers for free.

In a move that can only help to improve the Linux experience, provided enough hardware vendors take them up on the offer, the folks who develop the Linux kernel are offering to develop hardware drivers free of charge:

Drivers created by the kernel developers at the request of hardware vendors will be included in the . . . → Read More: Linux kernel developers offer to help program hardware drivers for free.