Dual-screen Ubuntu-based tablet 'Kno'

The Ubuntu and Webkit based Tablet from kno is targeting the e-learning industry. Its available in 14.1" dual and single touch screens. Its built on Nvidia Tegra 2 graphics chip and has a storage capacity of 16 GB. Unlike Ipad it supports both HTML5 and Adobe Flash 10.1. It has a variety of built-in applications such as Internet, email, ebooks, calculator, etc. It can be used just like a notebook as the user can write anywhere on the screen and save their work.Kno has reported that McGraw-Hill, John Wiley & Sons, Pearson, and Cengage Learning will be making their textbooks available for the Company's beta program.


Specs:

 Tegra T200 running at 1 GHz 

 512 MB of RAM 

 16 to 32 GB storage 

 Two 14.1″ screens 

 Wifi, Bluetooth, Accelerometer, Microphone, Headphones jack, Ambient light sensor, etc. 

 6 hour battery

For more info : http://kno.com/

How to install xbmc in Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkut

First add xbmc repository to the software sources. You can do this typing the following line into the terminal


sudo add-apt-repository ppa:team-xbmc


Then goto Applications->Ubuntu Software Centre->Edit->Software Sources->Other Software and select the PPA of xbmc

Then change the Distribution to lucid

Then go to terminal and type


sudo apt-get update 
sudo apt-get install xbmc xbmc-standalone

Enjoy!!!!!!

Real 3D anaglyph in Linux with compiz plug-in

Stuff required:

1.Red-blue 3D glasses

2.Compiz-anaglyph plug-in Download

Follow these steps:

$ sudo apt-get install compiz-fusion-bcop compiz-dev compizconfig-settings-manager build-essential libtool libglu1-mesa-dev libxss-dev libcairo2-dev libpango1.0-dev git-core

#copy the plug-in downloaded to your home folder and then

$ tar -xvzf Anaglyph_by_11e097.gz

$ cd anaglyph/

$ make && make install

Open Compizconfig Settings Manager, look for Anaglyph plugin and check the box

Use F12 to make it work.

Enjoy the 3Ding!!!!!