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Intel's Linux-Powered Mobile Internet Device

Posted by Zonk on from the is-that-a-penguin-in-your-pocket dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Intel is set to launch an ultra-mobile PC dubbed Mobile Internet Device or MID which will run on Linux. The PDA-sized devices will target 'consumers and prosumers' instead of mobile professionals. From the story: 'MID tablets will run a simplified finger-friendly user interface optimized for the small screens, based on the Gnome desktop but with an Intel-developed master user interface layer to serve as an equivalent to the desktop. Developers will next month see the first MID-specific OS -- a tweak of China's RedFlag Linux known as RedFlag MIDINUX -- while the IDF schedule itself includes a stream of ultra mobile sessions including one on Designing for Linux-based mobile Internet devices.'"

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  1. Virginia Tech Shooting by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It is really disgusting how the anti-gun crowd is jumping on this tragedy and using it for their own purpose. The NRA has a short and simple message and isn't trying to spin anything. Oh but the anti-gunners are! They want you to believe that the shooting would have never happened if the guns were not legal. Sorry, but that is BULLSHIT. Their solution to everything is to disarm everyone and make everyone a victim. Forget that noise.

    1. Re:Virginia Tech Shooting by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Fuck it. I say we give (No, force!) every person over the age of 16 to carry a fully loaded rocket launcher and at least two grenades. Naturally the SWAT teams will get small tactical nuclear shells for crowd control. We'll have no crime at all, ever.

    2. Re:Virginia Tech Shooting by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Well, there may be some unpredictable transient effects at the beginning, but we'll very quickly reach a crime-free steady state.