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Here comes summer's first Linux netbook

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ComputerWorld; By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols 		Mail this story
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Reports of the Linux netbook's death at the hands of Microsoft have been greatly exaggerated. A flood of Linux netbook news will be made next week at the Computex trade show in Taiwan, but, after Intel announced the beta of Moblin 2, HP has decided not to wait and made an important Linux netbook announcement this week. HP announced that it was releasing a new netbook, the HP Mini 110, that runs Ubuntu Linux 8.04 with HP's easy to use Mi (Mobile internet) desktop interface. It will also be available with XP Home, but, for once, the Linux powered model looks to be the more compelling buy even if you don't care for Linux.

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Comments (6)

caitlyn ·
If Linux has been "crushed" and "kicked to the curb" and has almost no more customers on netbooks as some tech "journalists" would have us believe why do companies keep coming out with new Linux offerings? I mean, if there is no customer demand why would they bother?
Steven_Rosenber ·
Question: How do you get new software on a Windows netbook that has no optical drive?
caitlyn ·
Direct downloads, USB keys, etc...
gus3 ·
With an SMB volume for files that are really big, so that when the system unpacks them, you don't run out of space and end up with a brick.
caitlyn ·
Windows + anti-virus software + anti-spyware software + personal firewall + bloated Windows apps on a netbook runs pretty much like a brick anyway. I've played with Windows on a netbook and found it to be sluggish. The same system with Linux just flies.
hkwint ·
Quoting:Question: How do you get new software on a Windows netbook that has no optical drive?


Probably done using three simple steps: -Insert Linux LiveUSB, -Install Linux, -Start synaptic, yum or whatever.

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