Linux Hardware & Software Reviews

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Trolltech Qtopia Greenphone and SDK Review

Trolltech Qtopia Greenphone and SDK Review

The Greenphone comes at a time when there are countless mobile Linux platforms, but not many of them are open for easy development.  This little device aims to fill a niche for a community-…

Neuros OSD Review

Neuros OSD Review

The Neuros OSD promises a lot - it claims to be the first open source Linux-based embedded media center and it "records video and links your PC, portables and entertainment center". Bold claims,…

PowerSquid Surge3000 Review

PowerSquid Surge3000 Review

When buying a new computer, any good sales associate will likely suggest the additional purchase of a surge protector for your new system. Often buyers decline and pass this off as a commission…

Seagate 200GB External Drive Review

Seagate 200GB External Drive Review

Most people wouldn't consider external hard drives "must have" technology. But, one look at the Seagate 200GB External Hard Drive will defiantly change your mind. This stackable external hard…

Cedega WineX 4.0 Review

Cedega (WineX 4.0) Review

The release of Transgaming's newest version of WineX, renamed Cedega, was met with considerable enthusiasm and interest in the Linux community last week. So much so that their server was…

Fedora Core 2 Review

Fedora Core 2 is the newest release from The Distro Formerly Known As RedHat. Updates include the 2.6 kernel, KDE 3.2, Gnome 2.6, X.org replacing Xfree86 and numerous package updates. Having…

Abit AI7 Motherboard Review

Abit AI7 Motherboard Review

The AI7 is one of Abit's latest motherboards to introduce an innovative new set of features dubbed 'uGuru'. uGuru is Abit's own on-board processor that allows real-time monitoring and tweaking of…

LinuxCertified LC2430 Linux Laptop Review

LinuxCertified LC2430 Linux Laptop Review

The system I tested was powerful. It has a 3.06GHz processor (with Hyper Threading support), 1 Gigabyte of RAM, and an ATI Radeon Mobility 9000 with 64Mb VGA ram.

The screen is a 15" SXGA…

Arch Linux version 0.6 (Widget) Review

I am a recovering distribution junkie. I would obsessively spend my time at Distrowatch, looking for something new. There were plenty of exciting releases. After a while, the excitement would wear…

StarTech IDE Drive Drawer/Mobile Rack Review

StarTech IDE Drive Drawer/Mobile Rack Review

With the price of IDE hard drives being dirt cheap now a days it is becoming more realistic to own supplementary drives for multiple operating systems, backups, redundancy, additional storage,…