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Another month has passed. With that, a look back on the recent happenings in 2010.

Canonical has packaged and released Ubuntu 10.04 LTS “Lucid Lynx” to the masses. Changes include removing HAL, a new open-source NVIDIA driver, and integration of social networking (Twitter, Facebook) into the operating system.

HP bought Palm. Not much else to say on that. (Insert HP versus Palm product quality joke here.)

Apple release their new MacBook Pro lineup in April. The new laptops include the Core i5 and i7-series processors, a welcome change for many Apple enthusiasts, from what I’ve heard. They also released the iPad. I won’t go too much into that, apart from it being the last Apple product I would ever own.

Chrysler and NASA have agreed to collaborate on automotive/space exploration technologies which will apparently benefit both companies.

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When it comes down to it, there’s only 4 clear choices in my world of operating systems: Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Ubuntu Linux, and Gentoo Linux.

Don’t get me wrong, all four of them are worthy candidates which I enjoy pretty much equally (for different reasons). Unfortunately, I’m not so keen to dual or even triple-boot, for many reasons, so there can be only one.

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Some of you may not have heard of Google Chrome OS/Chromium OS. In short, Google decided it was time for a lightweight, easy to use netbook operating system:

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