Asus EeePC 1201N Netbook Review
Asus is finally launching the new EeePC 1201N and I was lucky to get my hands on it for a few days, for testing purposes.I know many Web Upd8 readers love Linux, but the netbook I have received for testing came with Windows 7 and I am not allowed to install another operating system, so my review will be based on it's Windows 7 performances only.[image via laptopmag]Here

Commander Stalin Real-Time Strategy Game [Windows, Linux]
Commander Stalin is a free, open source real-time strategy based on Boswars game for Windows and Linux.In a RTS game, the player has to combat its enemies while running his war economy.Everything run in so called real-time, in opposition to turn based games where the player always has to wait for his turn. The trick is to balance the effort put into building the economy and building and army to defend an attack the enemies.

Gnome Theme Which Changes Automatically, Depending On The Time Of Day
Based on the Ubuntu Sun concept and New Wave, Narfss has created a Gnome theme for which the titlebar (Metacity only) changes automatically depending on the time of day (dawn, noon, evening and night).The theme is called New Wave Chr

Music Album Covers And Picture Previews As Folder Thumbnails In Nautilus [Ubuntu / Linux]
The trick to use folder.jpg images as the icon for a certain folder in Ubuntu which we wrote about some time ago only works for Jaunty. But luckily, the same Stephen O'Sullivan has found a way to make this work in Ubuntu Karmic Koala.This time, the script comes in a

Ubuntu Netbook Remix Optimization Guide
I recently got a new Eee PC and installed Ubuntu Netbook Remix 9.10 Karmic Koala (which is going to be renamed to Ubuntu Netbook Edition starting with Lucid) and even though UNR is already somewhat optimized, I don't like how some things work and also there is room for a lot more optimizations. I would like to share with you these optimizations, all with screen real estate and low power consumption in mind. A part of this article is for EeePC only, but most work on any netbook!Let's get started (read on - huge post ahead)!1. The terminal