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BeagleBoard has kept our collective news-tails wagging with plenty of (often disparate) DIY hardware projects. Now, the BeagleBone ($89) has arrived, with Linux Angstrom preinstalled, and power provided through a USB port. Giving the hardware more of a chew reveals Open GL ES 2.0, a microSD connector and two 46-pin female expansion headers for easy augmentation. There’s also a 100Mbit Gigabit Ethernet connection on this new development platform, which promises to play nice with older BeagleBoard, er, boards. Serial (port) DIYers can check out a full run-down video after the break.

Continue reading BeagleBone offers up ARM A8 processor, Linux and 10-second boot for 89 bones

BeagleBone offers up ARM A8 processor, Linux and 10-second boot for 89 bones originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 01 Nov 2011 13:47:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Mum’s been the word from the Jolicloud camp over the past few months — summer vacation, we get it — but the company has apparently been working quite diligently on what’s next: the “new Jolicloud platform.” According to a mildly vague blog post from the outfit, the next edition of the OS will introduce “the personal cloud,” enabling users to access the information stored there from “your iPhone, your Android phone, your tablet, your computer and pretty much any connected device with its API.” In related news, Joli OS has been open sourced and is now available to the community, and if you’re interested in finding out more about the whole ordeal, sign up for the private beta in the source links below. Invites are going out soon, or so we’re told.

Jolicloud heads to the actual cloud, Joli OS gets open-sourced originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 29 Oct 2011 06:51:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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In 2007 Dell started a highly publicized experiment with loading Ubuntu on some of its machines. Suffice to say, it wasn’t a resounding success — despite Michael Dell’s ringing endorsement. Though their relationship seems to have petered out (US customers won’t find a single machine running Canonical’s open-source OS on Dell’s site), the two companies aren’t quite ready file for separation just yet. The two are looking to rekindle their love by heading across the Pacific, to China. Initially the Linux-loaded lappies will be available in 220 retail locations across the country with accompanying branding to promote Ubuntu. Clearly only time will tell if this attempt to save their marriage will be successful, but we’re pretty confident Chinese consumers will be more receptive to an alternative OS than Americans were. One more pic after the break.

Update: Turns out there are still a couple of Ubuntu-equipped machines available in the US, but only to business customers and the landing page that once championed their partnership has disappeared.

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Ubuntu and Dell rekindle their love, in China originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 28 Oct 2011 11:33:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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This article was written on January 11, 2011 by CyberNet.

Windows; Linux
A few years ago I used to keep spindles of blank CDs and DVDs next to my computer because I was frequently burning discs, but over the last year or two that has drastically changed. Now I have my discs tucked away since I barely burn one or two discs per year. Since I love playing around with different Linux distributions I went looking for a way to test them all out without needing to use CDs or DVDs.

One tool that has helped me alleviate my reliance on burning discs is UNetbootin. It’s a free utility that supports dozens of different Linux operating systems and makes them runnable off of your USB drive. What’s even better is that it can actually download the ISO file that it needs to deploy to your USB drive for most of the popular Linux variations. Here’s a list of the distributions where automatic downloading is supported, and in the list you’ll notice that there are also some utilities such as Ophcrack thrown into the mix:

• Arch Linux
• BackTrack – a utility used for network analysis and penetration testing.
• CentOS
• CloneZilla
• Damn Small Linux
• Debian
• Dreamlinux
• Dr. Web Antivirus – remove malware from Windows installs.
• Elive
• Fedora
• FreeBSD
• FreeDOS – which can run BIOS flash and other legacy DOS utilities.
• FreeNAS
• Frugalware
• F-Secure Rescue CD – remove malware from Windows installs.
• Gentoo
• gNewSense
• Gujin – a graphical bootloader that can also be used to boot various operating systems and media.
• Kaspersky Rescue Disk – remove malware from Windows installs.
• Kubuntu
• LinuxConsole
• Linux Mint
• Mandriva
• MEPIS
• NetBSD
• NimbleX
• NTPasswd – a utility which can reset Windows passwords and edit the registry.
• openSUSE
• Ophcrack – a utility which can recover Windows passwords.
• Parted Magic – a partition manager that can resize, repair, backup, and restore partitions.
• PCLinuxOS
• Puppy Linux
• Sabayon Linux
• Slax
• SliTaz
• Smart Boot Manager – which can boot off CD-ROM and floppy drives on computers with a faulty BIOS.
• Super Grub Disk – a boot utility that can restore and repair overwritten and misconfigured GRUB installs or directly boot various operating systems
• Super OS
• SystemRescueCD – a system repair, backup and recovery tool.
• Ubuntu
• xPUD
• Xubuntu
• Zenwalk

Thanks to UNetbootin you should be able to boot any of the above Linux distros from your USB drive as long as your BIOS supports being able to use the USB drive as a boot drive. The homepage also says that it should work with just about any any Linux ISO that you have saved on your computer regardless of whether it is in the list above.

UNetbootin Homepage (Windows/Linux; Freeware)

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After a few TouchPads found their way into the hands of consumers loaded with Android 2.2, the devs working to port Google’s OS to HP’s hardware reached out to the company to get a look at the source code. Well, the request was denied since, according to open-source program director Phil Robb, HP had nothing to do with Froyo finding its way onto the slate. In fact, the company is going so far as to launch an investigation into how the OS wound up on the tablet and into retail channels. In an email Robb said, “we presently believe that some person or persons unknown may have facilitated the delivery of these Android-based units strictly against the policy and authorization of HP.” Of course, with TouchPad hardware discontinued we don’t expect the company to waste too much time or resources tracking down the culprits.

HP launching an investigation into TouchPads shipped with Android, suspects foul play originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 07 Oct 2011 01:49:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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