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Internet Devices Get Their Own Ubuntu Version

Posted by samzenpus on from the your-own-personal-linux dept.

Barence writes "A version of Ubuntu targeted specifically towards mobile internet devices (MIDs) has been released by Canonical, although there is presently only one product on the market which can use it. According to the company, the pithily titled Mobile Internet Device Edition 8.04 has been optimized for use with handheld internet platforms, and designed to run smoothly on Intel's Atom chips as well as with small touchscreen displays. This follows Canonical's announcement earlier this month that it would be creating a version of Ubuntu for netbook devices such as the Asus Eee PC and the Acer Aspire One called Netbook Remix."

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  1. No good OS has been released since late 2007 by russlar · · Score: -1, Troll

    No good OS has been released since late 2007. Think about it.

    Leopard=fail, Apple is already working on 10.6
    Vista=worst OS since Windows Me. Enough said.
    Ubuntu Hardy=does the phrase "my god, it's full of bugs" come to mind?


    ahhh.....karma to burn.

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    1. Re:No good OS has been released since late 2007 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      Brian Gordon is either a TOOL of Microsoft or has no EXPERIENCE with LINUX/UNIX.

      First of all, Windows Server 08 is rock solid and fast. So you're already wrong. Hardy is a sloppy release but includes upgrades for LOTS of packages trying to get into LTS so that's to be expected. Leopard and Vista were both kind of crappy, but so were their predecessors. Vista's better than the playskool stressfest that was XP.

      Good Luck on installing Software on that 2008 server from the Internet, CD, and LAN at the same time. Windows I/O has always sucked and still does with 2008 server. Linux handles it. SUN handles it. AIX handles it.

      Brian Gorden payed Microsoft $899 for a 5 client OS that can't even handle extreme loads. He is bitching about a Free OS that does. He hasn't tried RedHat or SuSE servers but complains about desktop Ubuntu.

      Brian Gorden is a dumbass who could care less about the servers he maintains as long as its "easy". He is not going to select the best technology based on merit. He is going to select the overpriced technology he is familiar with.

      Yes, this post will be indexed by Google.

  2. this is a great day by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    it's a great day if you're a linux fag that is. fucking dicksmoking assfucking faggots. go and fuck yourselves out of computers, we're fucking fed up with you dumb faggots already.

    1. Re:this is a great day by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      And yet you frequent a site famous for it's pro-linux views. Is it that you love hanging around with "fags", hmm?