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Tuesday Morning Roundup #2
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The latest happenings from around the web - 15/04/2009 Systems - Dell Inspiron Mini 9 Netbook @ Phoronix - Asus W90Vp 18.4" Gaming Notebook @ ...
Dell Inspiron Mini 9 Netbook
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... deploying Linux each usually has a slightly different flavor. ASUS prefers a spin of Xandros on their Eee PC, there is Linpus, gOS, and many others are out there. When it comes to Dell with their popular Inspiron Mini 9 netbook, they happen to be using Ubuntu but with a few modifications. In preparations for an article later this week where we will be extensively looking at Ubuntu's netbook performance, in this article we are taking a closer look at Dell's Inspiron Mini 9. Link: Phoronix
Tech Roundup - April 15, 2009
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... April 2009 System Guide - Tech Report
Best Firefox Add-Ons - Digital Trends
Dell Adamo - Digital Trends
Dell Inspiron Mini 9 Netbook - Phoronix
OCZ Neutrino DIY Netbook - Tech Report ...
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... Monsters vs. Aliens - The video game (PC) bit-tech's iPhone and iPod Touch games roundup Steam has updates for Braid , GTA IV , Sacred 2 , and X3: Terran Conflict FileShack has World of Warcraft patch 3.1.0 Systems and storage HotHardware's BFG Tech interview with John Malley on Phobos AnandTech reviews IBuyPower Gamer Paladin F860-a Digital Trends reviews Dell Adamo Phoronix reviews Dell Inspiron Mini 9 netbook CowcotLand reviews Dell Studio 17 laptop (in French) CPU3D on the ...
News around the web: Intel Says PC Demand 'Bottomed'
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Does A Greedy Intel Driver Improve Performance?
Phoronix —
... , which is based upon the EXA API but uses the Graphics Execution Manager for managing its pixmaps. Our test system consisted of a Dell Inspiron Mini 9 . The Dell Inspiron Mini 9 was loaded with an Intel Atom N270 processor, Intel 945 graphics, an 8GB STEC PATA SSD, and (compared to our earlier Mini 9 articles) it now had 1GB of DDR2 system memory. We were using a clean installation of Ubuntu 9.04 (i686) with the Linux 2.6.28 kernel, GNOME 2.26, X Server 1.6.0, xf86-video-intel 2.6.3 / xf86-video-intel 2.4.1, Mesa 7.4, and were running at the native resolution of 1024 x 600. ...
Linux 2.6.30-rc2 Improves Intel Performance Some
Phoronix —
... to the Linux 2.6.30-rc2 kernel found in the Ubuntu kernel mainline PPA. Testing was done again on the Dell Inspiron Mini 9 with an Atom N270 CPU, 1GB of system memory, and Intel 945 graphics. The ...
Why Dell Should Upgrade Past Ubuntu 8.04 LTS
Phoronix —
Earlier this week we looked at the Inspiron Mini 9 , which was Dell's inaugural Atom-powered netbook. The hardware to the device was fine and it even shipped with Ubuntu Linux, albeit with a few modifications. In that article though we said we would have Ubuntu benchmarks coming from this 8.9" Intel device and today we have those numbers to share. We are looking at the performance of Ubuntu 8.04.2 LTS, Ubuntu 8.10, and Ubuntu 9.04 from the Dell Inspiron Mini 9 netbook. Since Ubuntu 8.04.2, Intel's Atom performance has improved tremendously and Dell should begin thinking about ...
Why Dell Should Upgrade Past Ubuntu 8.04 LTS
GamingHeaven.net —
... Earlier this week we looked at the Inspiron Mini 9, which was Dell's inaugural Atom-powered netbook. The hardware to the device was fine and it even shipped with Ubuntu Linux, albeit with a few modifications. In that article though we said we would have Ubuntu benchmarks coming from this 8.9" Intel device and today we have those numbers to share. We are looking at the performance of Ubuntu 8.04.2 LTS, Ubuntu 8.10, and Ubuntu 9.04 from the Dell Inspiron Mini 9 netbook. Since Ubuntu 8.04.2, Intel's Atom performance has improved tremendously and Dell should ...
What Does Linux Benchmarking Look Like?
Phoronix —
What does benchmarking a Dell Inspiron Mini 9 , a Radeon HD 4890 graphics card with Intel Core i7 , and dual quad-core AMD Opterons look like? Well, if the systems are running Linux, BSD, OpenSolaris, or Mac OS X, it can look like this: [image] Do you see any of those systems out in the lemon grove? Nope. As was shared earlier this month, with Phoronix Test Suite 2.0 (a.k.a. "Sandtorg") and the introduction of Phoromatic and PTS Linux Live , we will seek to take computer benchmarking (primarily for Linux and the free ...
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