Dual Screen laptops:

More on “concept laptops” here.

When something strange happens on my (Linux-running) laptop, I’ve been know to comment, “Yes, I love Linux”. And I do, it is better and more secure than Microsoft, but An Amazing Mind has the real reason I use Linux:
We tell people we use Linux because it’s secure. Or because it’s free, because it’s customizable, because [...]

Sorry, this is an extraordinarily boring post for everyone but a nice reference for me and it might help someone in the same situation as me.
I recently upgraded to Ubuntu 7.10 on my Toshiba Tecra A8 and found that sound from my speakers weren’t working (although the headphones were). I had a bit of a [...]

The GPhone is a development I’d like to see and it would appear they are going down the open source path… it makes sense.
The essential point is that Google’s strategy is to lead the creation of an open-source competitor to Windows Mobile…They will put it in the open-source world and take the economics out of [...]

If you’re not interested in Linux look away now.
Filezilla has finally been released for linux and is included in one of the standard packages available for download on Ubuntu.
It really is the best FTP program I’ve ever come across. I’ve been using the beta version for about 6 months now and it was pretty solid [...]

I’m currently sharing an office with the Portable Film Festival guys two days a week. So I thought I’d give them a bit of a plug and show you a couple of clips which they are currently featuring. It’s pretty special:

Yes, my Facebook goal has been reached.
I hate facebook, and all I’ve ever wanted from it was 100 friends. I now have this.
I would like to add that I’m quite distressed by the number of conversations I’ve overheard of late about facebook. I refuse to be sucked into these conversations.
Still, if you want to be [...]

This article over at Eric Lee is certainly worth a read for all unionists and FOSS enthusiasts:
Fourth, if you really love monopoly capitalism and companies like Microsoft earning billions in profits just warms your heart, go ahead — keep using Windows. But if you like the idea of a society in which goods and services [...]

Yep, Dell (at least in America) will soon be shipping their computers with Ubuntu (via Club Troppo).
In other exciting open source news, Sun are releasing an open source version of Java.

With a new Laptop almost visible on the horizon and the latest version of Ubuntu, Feisty Fawn, due out on 19th April, plus French Parliament announcing that it is switching to KUbuntu in June 2007 I thought I’d just point you to a few Linux-related links that I’ve found useful of late.
This Desktop Guide (pdf) [...]