Posts Tagged ‘Ubuntu’
Linux computer manufacturer System76 announced 2 new laptops today. 14.1” Galago UltraPro The first new laptop is the 14.1” Galago UltraPro. It features the 4th Generation Intel® Core™ i7-4750HQ Quad-core Processor, a sharp 1080p Full High Definition IPS LED Backlit Display, Intel Iris Pro Graphics with 128 MB eDRAM, up to 1.256 TB of storage, [...]
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System76 was kind enough to send me their top of the line Bonobo laptop to review. Hardware & Aesthetics The review laptop isn’t fully maxed out on specs, but never the less, it is still rocking some pretty sweet internals. Some of the specs of the review laptop include: – 17.3″ 1080p Full High Definition [...]
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TeamFluxion has created a neat little Android boot animation that resembles the Ubuntu boot screen. They say it is meant to resemble the Ubuntu 9.x startup animation, but I am guessing they are unfamiliar with Ubuntu. Ubuntu 9.10 was before their rebranding, when they switched to brown, orange, and purple coloring. I think the boot [...]
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The Pangolin Performance is the new Ubuntu laptop from System76. Hardware & Aesthetics The base hardware of a Pangolin Performance laptop is nothing to scoff about. System76 is already shipping the new Intel Ivy Bridge processors with their systems, which is great to see. Unfortunately, this system was purchased right before that happened. The laptop [...]
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The Leopard Extreme is the high-end desktop computer from System76. This beast of a machine is build for hardcore computer users, such as video producers like myself. As a disclaimer, this review is for the leox2 model I got in 2011 . It has since been upgraded to the leox3. I’ve had this system for [...]
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Computer manufacturer System76 just released the newest models of their Lemur Ultra and Pangolin Performance laptops running Ubuntu. — 14.1″ Lemur Ultra The ultra portable, ultra powerful 14.1″ Lemur Ultra, starts out at $689 for the base configuration. The default configuration features a 14.1″ 720p high definition LED backlit display, with a resolution of 1366 [...]
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While it is becoming more and more unlikely that a new icon theme will be featured in Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin, DevianatArt user franksouza183 has begun working on an icon theme based on the rumored YellowIcon icons I wrote about earlier. For now, only the main folder icons and some chat status are included. franksouza183 [...]
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Canonical has already announced Ubuntu TV, but today at Mobile World Congress, they are expanding Ubuntu’s reach even farther away from “desktop computing” with Ubuntu for Android. To put it simply, Ubuntu for Android will allow users to run a full Ubuntu Unity desktop from a docked Android smartphone. Not only will the full Unity [...]
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The Kazam screencasting app (the one I use for my screencasts) has received a pretty substantial update, bringing it to version 1.0 Changes with Kazam 1.0 include: – Ability to record certain screen regions – Support for two audio channels, with volume settings – Output can be saved in WebM or Matroska – Uses gstreamer [...]
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About 2 weeks ago, I wrote that the Ubuntu developers were testing a new layout for the Unity dash that removes the gigantic icons. That update is now available in the Unity PPA and could very easily become official for Ubuntu 12.04. Before After Note: The new dash also shows “Recent Files” and “Downloads” but [...]
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