The Asus 1015E-DS03 is a small laptop with a 10.1 inch, 1366 x 768 pixel display, a 1.1 GHz Intel Celeron dual-core processor, 2GB of RAM, and a 320GB hard drive.

Like the Windows 8 version, this little computer supports and Bluetooth, has 2 USB 2.0 ports and 1 USB 3.0 port, HDMI and Ethernet jacks, stereo speakers, and a headset jack. It also comes with a 6 cell battery.

The only differences I can spot are that the 1015E-DS03 comes with Ubuntu instead of Windows, and therefore has a lower price tag.

Besides well known devices like Google’s Android, Amazon’s Kindle etc, Linux is powering some of the most amazing devices around the globe and in the sky.

Have a look at these 12 awesome devices that are powered by Linux.

Linux Mint 15 offers up improvements to the MDM log-in manager with GTK, GDM, and HTML5 greeters. The HTML5 greeter supports also using JavaScript and WebGL for offering highly-interactive and animated log-in screens.

When it comes to the desktop there is Cinnamon 1.8 and its many new features. Additionally, there is MATE 1.6 for reliving the GNOME 2.x experience.

A debate is smoldering yet again in the Linux community as prominent figures debate whether it's time to give up hope on the "year of the Linux desktop" ever coming or whether the advent of Android is actually its fulfillment. Problem is, it came and it's been here a while, but we haven't even noticed. We just didn't know what it would look like.

"If anything, Windows 8 is like Diet Coke," said Shaw. "Diet Coke was a product that mapped an entirely new need expressed by the marketplace, something that tasted just like Coke but had zero calories."

It isn't all good news, though: The Windows division, due to the lackluster launch of Windows 8, saw no growth at all. With Microsoft still resolutely refusing to provide official sales figures, the poor performance of the Windows division is the strongest sign yet that Windows 8 is failing.

Only one third of new PCs are running Windows 8. But for some it's lower. Windows 8 PCs can ship as "downgraded by default" - with the new Tile-centric OS bundled in a box. Lenovo confirmed that many of its "Windows 8 shipments" are just this configuration. That's a "license" that has "shipped", but it's not a PC running Windows 8.

Microsoft has announced that its coming Windows Blue, or Windows 8.1, will be delivered as a free update through the operating system's app store.

Redmond's chief marketing officer, Tami Reller, told JP Morgan's Technology, Media and Telecom Conference in Boston that Windows 8.1 will be delivered free to Windows 8 and Windows RT users.

Linux Mint 15 is the most ambitious release since the start of the project. MATE 1.6 is greatly improved and Cinnamon 1.8 offers a ton of new features, including a screensaver and a unified control center. The login screen can now be themed in HTML5 and two new tools, “Software Sources” and “Driver Manager”, make their first appearance in Linux Mint.

Nobody wants to install an Operating System, with minor exceptions including your average 'Gear Head' (me) who likes to get grease under his finger nails and tinker with all manner of different technologies.  I am in the minority.

Nearly three in every four smart phones sold in the first three months of the year were running Android, according to analyst firm Gartner.

The phone industry expert's stats make grim reading for any company making mobiles with any other operating system, particularly BlackBerry and Nokia. Even without new Android flagships such as the HTC One and the Samsung Galaxy S4 on sale, the first quarter was utterly dominated by Google's platform.

It's a staggering jump for Android, up to 74.4 per cent of the market from 56.9 per cent a year ago. It's taken that share from everyone: iPhone, BlackBerry, Windows Phone, Bada and Symbian are all losers in terms of market share.

The crew of the International Space Station (once they've fixed their leak) will trade their old Windows XP laptops for Debian-powered systems to use in their Operations Local Area Network (Ops LAN).

United Space Alliance (USA), the Earth-based contractor who maintains Ops LAN, has been using Windows XP laptops for the Ops LAN setup. However, with that operating system going into retirement – and prone to frequent crashes – laptops and network integration team leader Keith Chuvala decided it was time for a change.

"We migrated key functions from Windows to Linux because we needed an operating system that was stable and reliable – one that would give us in-house control. So if we needed to patch, adjust or adapt, we could," he said.

Users of iPad and Android tablets might not have noticed, but a lot of them are "frustrated" because they "can't type, they can't create documents, they don't have [Microsoft] Office there". At least according to Bill Gates, who three years ago said of the iPad: "there's nothing on the iPad I look at and say 'Oh, I wish Microsoft had done it.'"

Adobe has announced that Creative Suite 6 will be the end of the line for its boxed, standalone versions of Photoshop, Illustrator, Affect Effects, and their fellow digital editing brethren. In the place of Creative Suite 7, Adobe will instead release Creative Cloud (CC), which is exactly what it sounds like: To use Photoshop CC, or indeed any of the new Creative Cloud tools, you must sign up for a monthly subscription.

YouTube to MP3 allows you to download and convert multiple videos into audio files, to do this you have simply to enter the URL of the video on youtube by clicking the Paste button or dragging in the window.

The X51 is a small form factor PC, sized at just about 12.5-inches square with a sloping profile that gives this machine the size and looks of a game console or set-top box. Accordingly it will fit right in amongst the other home theater components in your living room, with the capabilities to just about replace your PC, cable box, and game console with this one box.

This model comes with a Core i3-3220 3.3GHz dual-core processor, 6GB of RAM, a 1-terabyte hard drive, and 1GB Nvidia GeForce GTX 645 graphics. You have enough horsepower in this setup to handle all the usual tasks and tackle some entry-level gaming, including titles like the ones mentioned above. Unlike most of the deals we’ve seen, you can opt for a faster processor when ordering this model, choosing between either a Core i5-3330 or Core i7-3770.

The X51 comes with an impressive array of standard features as well, including two USB 3.0 ports, six USB 2.0 ports, 802.11n WiFi, and a sleek slot-loading optical drive. It should fit right in your home theater setup as well, with HDMI video output, individual speaker channel outputs, both TOSLINK and coax SPDIF digital audio outputs, and 7.1-channel support.