Ubuntu 12.10 – First Impressions

I finally got the chance to try the latest release of my favourite desktop Linux distribution – Ubuntu 12.10. And wow, have things ever improved on the installation front! This was easily the simplest Linux installation I’ve ever been through. I launched VMware Player, created a new virtual machine, and powered up the new Ubuntu VM. … Read more

The Future is Made of Cotton Candy

I know this because last month a little-known company called FXI announced a device called Cotton Candy. Cotton Candy is a full-blown Linux computer about the size of a USB flash drive. The specs are actually fairly impressive: Dual core 1.2GHz processor 1GB RAM Mali 400 GPU (video card) that’s capable of HD video Wi-Fi … Read more