The Thinkpad series (both Lenovo and IBM) has been well known for the its Trackpoint pointing device. On its low end to mid range system, this is the the only way to navigate / control the mouse cursor unless you use an external pointing device such as a mouse.

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Ubuntu Linux have a come along since it Warty Warthog days. The desktop is now really really refined and its packages despite some being bleeding edge, are very very stable. While Ubuntu 6.06 or fondly called as Dapper Drake is known to have Long Term Support (hence the LTS in its name), I still prefer using the latest build, in this case, is Ubuntu 6.10 Edgy Eft.

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Google Desktop, Google’s highy acclaimed desktop search utility in the Microsoft Windows Platform, is now making a debut into the Linux platform with Google announcing the availability of the Beta release of Google Desktop for Linux. It incorporates the same extensive search capabilities of its Windows older sibling.

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