Posted on December 19th, 2007 by nathan
In this episode, we discuss the Asus’ new ultramobile offering: the EEE PC. Is it usable, and does it allow for increased productivity? You better believe it.
EEE PC Official Site
EeeUser.com (Unofficial blog/forums…tons of guides here!)
eeeXubuntu
IceWM (Default windowmanager on the EEE. I love IceWM
Xandros (The customized Linux distro on the EEE)
Ogg Download
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Posted on December 11th, 2007 by nathan
I was looking for a nice Quake-style drop down console app to use with IceWM, and Tilda just wasn’t working (it probably wanted GNOME to work right), so I went searching through the Debian repos and found a little gem: Yeahconsole. This functions just like Tilda or Kuake, ‘cept it’s more lightweight and works well [...]
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Posted on December 8th, 2007 by nathan
I’d like to start a weekly article, published each Friday, highlighting an application that you, the readers of this dear blog, find particularly useful. So please, send in your suggestions detailing what app you can’t live without, why, and how others can use it. Email me at nathan@productivelinux.com, and make sure to leave your name/alias [...]
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Posted on December 7th, 2007 by nathan
Just in case you haven’t heard, some pretty sick people are passing around dangerous CLI advice as solutions to problems on Linux help sites like the Ubuntu forums. Some of these are obviously dangerous to those of us that use the command line on a regular basis, Others are more cleverly disguised. No matter what, [...]
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Posted on December 4th, 2007 by nathan
In this episode: the Nokia 810 Internet Tablet reviewed…is it a good productivity device? Well, I guess that depends on what you need to be productive.
Official Nokia n810 Page
The Maemo Community Site
GPE suite of mobile apps
MP3 Download
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