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Is this the cheapest Linux laptop on the planet?
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| As for the Elonex One itself, it comes with a 300MHz LNX Code 8 Mobile
| processor, and a Debian-based distribution. Add to that 128MB RAM, 1GB Flash
| and a detachable screen and there is no denying that you get a lot of Linux
| laptop for not very much money at all.
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http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry2539.html
Small PCs big news as economy slows
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| Asustek Computer, which makes the runaway success Eee PC, will display new,
| wider-screen models that allow users to do everything from storing video
| clips in shock-proof flash memory and surfing the Web in coffee shops.
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| Acer Inc, Taiwan's most famous PC brand, will also test the water by
| introducing similar low-cost PCs as it expand into fast-growing emerging
| markets, including China and India.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSSP28789420080601?feedType=RSS&feedName=technologyNews&pageNumber=2&virtualBrandChannel=0
Intel’s new UMPC, the Classmate, takes on the XO
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| Prices will vary accordingly, so the best I can do here is provide a ballpark
| unit price: Expect Classmates equipped with a Linux-based OS to cost
| somewhere around $399 and Windows machines to cost about $469.
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http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6565691.html?industryid=47078
Ubiquitous Linux, or, how to become a household commodity
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| Whether it was to your taste or not, there’s no denying the ASUS Eee Linux
| subnotebook was a massive sales success. Demand far exceeded initial
| production so it’s not surprising competitor models are on their way. And
| here’s why the hardware manufacturers are going to bring Linux to the masses
| far in advance of any amount of Ubuntu fanboyism.
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http://www.itwire.com/content/view/18520/1141/
Bill&Steve: "Dump, dump, dump! Schnell, schnell. Gotta stop 'cancer' before it
spreads."
Recent:
Microsoft worried over Linux ULPCs
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| An un-named Microsoft official quoted in the original article claims that
| manufacturers currently offering Linux on their low-cost devices “have made
| some good inroads with open-source, and Microsoft wants to put a stop to it.”
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http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2008/05/12/microsoft-worried-over-linux-ulpcs/1
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