Linux laptop takes the strain for technophobes

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Feb 21, 2010 10:22 PM EDT
ZDNet UK; By Richard Thurston
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A Newcastle-based company has launched a Linux-based laptop and support package designed to encourage technophobes online. Built by the Broadband Computer Company, the Alex laptop runs an operating system based on Ubuntu Linux and a set of applications that have been written in-house. The laptop's features have been vastly simplified, and updates are applied automatically without prompting the user, according to company co-founder Andy Hudson.

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