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Shuttle launches Atom powered all-in-one desktop with OpenSUSE Linux

Shuttle launches Atom powered all-in-one desktop with OpenSUSE Linux

Compact computer maker Shuttle has been offering Linux desktops for a while, and barebone systems with no operating system at all. Perhaps it should come as no surprise that the company is the latest all-in-one desktop with Linux. But I’m always surprised a little.

The shuttle X500V is a dual-core 1.6GHz Intel Atom 330 CPU, 1 GB of RAM and a 160 GB hard drive – all the information you expect the delivery of a computer with Windows XP. But instead, it runs OpenSUSE 11.1 Linux.

The computer measures about 15.4 “12,9″ x 1.4″ and features a 15.6 inch, 1366 x 768 pixel touchscreen display, 802.11b/g/n WiFi, Ethernet, VGA output (for a second monitor, I suppose), and 5 USB ports. It is not in the United States.

via SlashGear

Stash your laptop in a stylish newspaper sleeve

Stash your laptop in a stylish newspaper sleeve

We are big fans of laptop bags that looked like nothing of the sort, but the laptop sleeve from Mitemite takes the idea a step further.

Made of the plasticised material, the sleeve is designed to look like a folder broadsheet newspaper, and five “have issues” from around the world available to general – Le Pais, La Vanguardia, The Herald Tribune, La Gretezza Dello Sport and Frankfurt.

The sleeve measures 377 x 275 x 34mm and is intended for use, an Apple MacBook Pro, but there is no reason why he will not be used, similarly sized laptops.

Apple MacBook Air owners have a similar option, the newspaper sleeve available from Italia Craft. The case is to minimize wool-free cloth to (the risk from static electricity) and is similar to an anonymous vintage newspaper.