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Wednesday, January 2, 2013
It seems fair to say that Linux users enjoy a degree of choice that's unmatched by the proprietary players in the PC and laptop world, what with the wide variety of both distributions and desktop environments from which they can choose. For that reason, it's all the more striking when large numbers of users express a marked preference for the same thing. Case in point? GNOME 2.
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Saturday, November 24, 2012
Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal is a landmark release from Canonical, just understand your privacy rights over third-party access to your .search terms
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Friday, October 26, 2012
Reviewing an operating system is an odd endeavour, because people don't really use operating systems; they use applications. The idea of a single-platform operating system is less relevant now than it was just a few years ago. These days we have "ecosystems" Microsoft, Apple, or Google, take your pick.
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Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Much of the attention being paid to this week's Windows 8 launch focuses on the new Metro-style interface and the fact that Microsoft is extending its desktop OS to tablets and smartphones. But for enterprises, the real story is the way Microsoft has integrated Windows 8, Windows Server 2012 and the Hyper-V hypervisor to create an unmatched system for running virtualised environments.
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Thursday, June 7, 2012
The latest version of the Chrome OS adds some of the features of a more traditional OS: a file manager (hooray!), a desktop and the ability to use storage connected through a USB port. Google's Cloud Print system even makes it fairly easy to print.
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Thursday, March 1, 2012
The Windows 8 Consumer Preview is only just becoming available to the public, but we’ve had the opportunity to use it for a few days on a Samsung slate nearly identical to the one we sampled at the BUILD conference for developers last year. While the device we’re using is nearly the same, the operating system itself has undergone a lot of refinement since our initial report last September.
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Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Here's our first look at Apple's next major update to OS X. Our Apple OS X Mountain Lion review shows the Mac operating system gaining even more iPad features.
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Tuesday, January 10, 2012
When Ubuntu decided last year to abruptly replace the familiar Gnome UI with its own Unity interface, many users were upset. And according to the latest numbers from DistroWatch, Linux Mint has been the major beneficiary, so we decided to test Linux Mint 12.
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Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Canonical's decision to go with Unity for the default Ubuntu Linux desktop interface was hardly met with universal acclaim. Likewise, GNOME 3 has been the target of criticism by some due to its interface changes. So where is one to go for an operating system with a classic desktop UI that just works out of the box?
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Wednesday, July 20, 2011
In a decade, Mac OS X evolved from a curious hybrid of the classic Mac OS and the NextStep operating system to a mainstream computer operating system used by millions. It was a decade of continual refinement, capped by the bug-fixing, internals-tweaking release of Snow Leopard in 2009.
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A shootout between this spring's BYOD favourite the Samsung Galaxy S4 Android phone and the best BlackBerry yet, the BlackBerry Z10. read more...
Dell XPS 12 convertible Ultrabook, is supposed to be a laptop/tablet hybrid, but it's clutching at straws when claiming to be a tablet. Think of this more as a decent laptop, that can sort of be used as a tablet. read more...
A 10.1in tablet running Windows 8 and aimed at business users the ElitePad is smart and stylish. Here's our HP ElitePad 900 review. read more...
Cool styling combined with power make the 2Big NAS a great, SME-friendly choice for network storage. read more...
It’s a record-breaker! And that’s official. read more...
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