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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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