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Editorials, Rants and Raves September 2, 2011

When Is an Android Device Not an Android Device?

When the Grid 10 was announced by the ever-reliable Chandra Rathakrishnan last month, it was said to run Android apps but not be an Android device. This was later clarified to mean that it is actually an Android kernel running the show, but thoroughly skinned and possibly even forked to a version of Android incompatible with [...]

Linux Netbook Review: ZaReason Teo Pro Netbook

It has been a while since I looked at ZaReason’s Terra HD Netbook. I liked that one, but the integrated Intel graphics still held it back from those netbooks that are now shipping Nvidia Ion or Ion 2 cards for graphics. Today I am checking out one of ZaReason’s smaller netbooks, the Teo Pro. The [...]

Review: System 76 Gazelle Professional Ubuntu Laptop

Even though I work in a technology field, not often do I get a chance to look at brand new technology right after it comes out. It is even rarer that companies choose to ship laptops with only Linux on them. Companies like Zareason and System 76 are making it easier and easier to get [...]

Review: MeeGo 1.1

It’s been a little while since Intel and Nokia came together to merge Moblin and Maemo together to create the MeeGo project. Moblin started out as a project by Intel and the Linux Foundation to produce a Linux-based OS, interface and application stack for mobile internet devices. In February of 2009, they merged with the Maemo project [...]

Review: The Wikireader

A while back the OpenMoko project created the goal of bringing out a Linux based smartphone called the Freerunner. Then Google brought out what became the most successful Linux based operating system of all time, Android. Well, needless to say, the writing was on the wall. The clunky OpenMoko OS, with the behind the times [...]

Wikireader: Now You Can Carry 33,000 Books Too!

OpenMoko’s Wikireader project has let you carry the entire contents of Wikipedia in the palm of your hand for about a year now. While the device’s design isn’t as awe inspiring as the NookColor or Kindle, it still is an interesting idea. Thankfully the developers have been hard at work and now have released a great update [...]

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News December 3, 2010

by Joel McLaughlin

Ubuntu 11.04 Alpha 1 reveals more of the future of Ubuntu

Late on the December 2nd, Ubuntu released the first Alpha quality code of their next version, 11.04, due out in April. An alpha release is code that isn’t ready to be used for production work. This release is designed more to get people testing and looking for bugs that cna be fixed before the beta, [...]

Linux Netbook Review: ZaReason Terra HD Netbook

It’s been a couple of years since I reviewed a laptop from ZaReason, the UltraLap SR. Now I’m reviewing something a bit smaller — the ZaReason Terra HD. ZaReason is a different type computer company; every single computer they sell runs Linux, and they only ship Linux (or no operating system at all) on all [...]

Neuros Control Pad 1002 is an Android Tablet With an Idea

I’ve been watching Joe Born’s Neuros Technology for quite a while. From the mp3 players to the Neuros OSD to the Neuros Link, Joe’s products have all had open source and technology in mind. What if that idea was applied to remote controls? That’s where Joe’s bright idea comes up. Joe has worked on procuring [...]

Maker of the Tuxdroid, Kysoh S.A. is Bankrupt

I love my Tuxdroid, the little robotic open source penguin that could read e-mail, weather and the time to you. I decided to revive my Tuxdroid as I had not played with him for a while. I hit up the website for Kysoh, the makers of the Tuxdroid and the site appeared up, but the [...]

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Events September 13, 2010

by Joel McLaughlin

Ohio Linuxfest 2010: Here’s to the Hall Track

Another Ohio LinuxFest has come and gone. The friends of the penguin gathered at the Greater Columbus Convention Center for yet another year of great sessions, networking and lots of fun and merriment as friends meet to discuss what is new and interesting in Free and Open Source Software. This is my second year working [...]

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Editorials September 12, 2010

by Carly Z

Backups and Recovery Are Your Friends…A Cautionary Tale!

A few weeks ago I made a really dumb mistake. One of those, “I have been a geek for far too long to forget this” kind of mistakes. The easy to avoid, harder to fix kind…what happened? Read on and find out. It all started during a discussion in the “back room” here at Gear [...]

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News August 20, 2010

by Joel McLaughlin

Callpod Releases Keeper Data Vault for Almost Every Platform and Why I won’t Use It.

Callpod who is the maker of the Chargepod, fueltank and other products for mobile phones has branched out into software now with the release of Keeper and Keeper Mobile. These programs are password data vaults that run on pretty much every smartphone including iPhone, Android and Blackberry based phones. The free version let’s you store [...]

Droid X Gets the Lockdown: Does it Matter?

There’s been a bunch of stuff going around the web about the Droid X and the fact that it likely will not be able to run custom ROMS and may even be hard to root. I’ll try to describe, in layman’s terms, what this may mean to a prospective Droid X buyer. What is this [...]

Southeast Linuxfest 2010: Building Strong and Lasting Connections

Friends gathered once again in South Carolina to learn about Linux and check out what is new in the Linux community. It is a time of learning as well as time of camaraderie and a over all great time if you are a fan of Linux and Open Source technologies. My trip to SELF started on Thursday [...]