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Do  you feel as if your palmtop is a one trick pony now. Can your palmtop do all this? They can! Either through a web browser or a remote desktop viewer.  having a local web server, you can install applications that will run without the internet but do work with the local intranet.There is even software that will emulate a computer desktop. Most palmtops have terminal server clients.  With the remote desktop viewer you can access another working computer on the network be it Linux, OS/x, or even Mswindows. You start the rdp (remote desktop protocol viewer) software and then enter the hostname address. Of you will need to set up a login and password on the host for if nothing else minimal security restrictions. Once your in, you can use the hosts as if that operating system was on your palmtop! Here we have access a remote Linux computer. You can even get a remote Raspberry Pi desktop, so the RPi does not need a monitor. For more inform...

Just a bit of news again. According to the Linux Link Tech Show aka #tllts eyeOS  a gui desktop web based application  that can run from a gui-less server has been forked to Oneos.  Actually I have seen several similar sort of micro googledocs projects on Sourceforge. http://www.instructables.com/id/eyeOS/  http://oneye-project.org/

People have have running web applications on the desktop for years. If your running a web application, you probably getting from a linux machine. In effect, you have a linux desktop.

Emperor's new clothes?

In an earlier post I talked about what I wanted to use as a media streamer. The Raspberry Pi came to the forefront. As the title states the RPi (Raspberry Pi for short) with a change of memory card can be all kinds of computing devices. XMBC was originally developed for the original Microsoft Xbox. Later it was developed for other platforms Including Linux. As the RPi came along as an SBC (Single Board Computer), it was ripe for being added as an XMBC derivative. Installation is quick and easy. Not only does the RPi have HDMI (the new Video interface), it also has composite out for being compatible with legacy systems. In our case we are able to interface the RPi to a DVD player. Since the Rpi a little bit larger than credit card size, that makes it perfectly able to become a portable system with the DVD player.   Just for being a media player makes it worth its thirty five dollars (plus shipping). The RPI has other uses. The first as a desktop computer.  You ca...

You are probably using Linux without even knowing it. http://venturebeat.com/2012/04/03/invisible-linux/

1. Using your computer to help make meals. http://www.instructables.com/id/Quickie-ideas-from-a-non-chef/ 2. Set up your own twitter like site for those close to you. http://www.instructables.com/id/Statusnet-the-Twitter-clone-setup/ 3. eyeOS is sort of a gui web driven desktop and great for all sorts of touchpads. http://www.instructables.com/id/eyeOS/