OpenSUSE Linux Tips, tricks, how-tos, opinions, and news
My Resume - My LinkedIn ProfileDell is sure making moves in the right direction with Linux! They have a new machine that is essentially “instant-on” and gives you access to email and the Internet without booting the entire Linux operating system.
Excerpt from Tectonic:
“The really interesting news for Linux fans, however, was Dell’s new “Latitude ON†system which allows for almost instant-on booting when you want to check an email or something on the Internet without booting the entire operating system.”
Read more about these Linux machines from Tectonic
A CrunchGear article explains more:
“By using a secondary processor with its own Linux based OS, the primary CPU is bypassed for instant access to a variety of functions. Think BlackBerry style. Contacts, calendar, email – that kind of stuff – opened up directly on your laptop without firing up the whole system. The dedicated sub-system should also preserve battery life by avoiding the power drain of larger applications.”
Read more about the Linux-powered Dell Latitude E4200 and E4300 from Crunchgear
S | M | T | W | T | F | S |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
« Feb | ||||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
29 | 30 |
64 queries. 0.812 seconds
September 5th, 2008 at 8:30 pm
The primary cpu is bypassed?
It doesn’t use the processor?
Really?