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[News] GNU/Linux to Grow in x86, Not Just ARM

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Invasion of the Android Snatchers

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| On the subject of Linux-based netbooks (and at least in passing, Intel), 
| Canonical — the corporate side of Ubuntu — announced today, at Computex of 
| course, that it has contracted with Intel to provide a modified version of 
| Ubuntu Netbook Remix for Intel's Classmate PC. The Classmate, intended for 
| educational use, offers a number of features not found in the 'normal' 
| netbook: both standard and tablet modes, with automatic adjustment between 
| portrait and landscape, a touch screen which allows the user to rest their 
| hand on it without affecting its use, a larger SSD/HDD along with additional 
| memory, an of course, the current trend towards larger screens. Though, as 
| Linux users can attest, the operating system is often derided as having poor 
| hardware support, the version of Ubuntu Netbook Remix used on the Classmate 
| will support all of its unique features. Jon Melamut, Canonical OEM Services 
| General Manager: "Our goal has always been to take the best technology and 
| make it available to everyone. Coupling our software with a fantastic, 
| affordable education device like this is a concrete realisation of that 
| ambition."               
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http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/invasion-android-snatchers

Moblin 2.0 Beta Impressions

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| The Linux Foundation intends for this to be a base for other distributions 
| and the Linpus team has already announced that they plan to base a new 
| version of Linpus Linux Lite on it. This is definitely a promising start and 
| something that has the potential to bring an influx of new Linux users via 
| netbooks.    
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http://www.linux-ninja.com/2009/06/01/moblin-20-beta-impressions/

Breakup of the Wintel alliance caused by Netbook

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| For over 20 years, Microsoft and Intel have partnered to grow the PC 
| industry.  Now, Intel is launching a netbook that will use the Linux 
| operating system and not Microsoft.  Could it be the economy and the need for 
| more revenue?  Or could it be such a huge revenue opportunity for Intel that 
| they can not let the high price of an operating system slow them down?    
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http://www.glgroup.com/News/Breakup-of-the-Wintel-alliance-caused-by-Netbook-39780.html


Recent:

Are Linux netbooks really returned more often than Windows models?

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| But Philip Solis, an analyst at ABI Research, questions the "reliability" of
| this evidence.
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| Solis said in a March research note that Taiwan's MSI had not yet shipped a
| Linux-based Wind at the time of the comment to the magazine. When it did, it
| did "adapt" the operating system for the netbook's smaller size -- an key
| ingredient to Linux's acceptance by consumers, Solis wrote.
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| Acer, Asus and Dell have all built customized versions of Linux for their
| netbooks. Solis said that Asus has noted equal return rates for Linux
| netbooks versus those running Windows.
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| And while ABI's surveys show U.S. consumers clearly stating their preference
| for Windows netbooks, Solis said that isn't true around the world.
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| In Asia, netbook buyers are both thriftier and "and not as tied to the
| Windows environment," Solis said. "They're looking for certain features, but
| they aren't as tied to a certain brand name."
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| Solis predicts an increase in Linux netbook shipments this year, from 25% to
| a third of the 35 million netbooks expected to sell globally this year. Under
| that estimate, Linux will be shipped on 11.5 million netbook PCs in 2009.
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| Solis is bullish about his prediction because of the coming ARM wave. With
| Microsoft still balking at porting Windows 7 to ARM's mobile CPU, PC makers
| using ARM have no choice but to use Linux.
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9131204&intsrc=news_ts_head
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