...On the other hand, because Windows is unacceptable and Intel wants to
maintrain dominance in hardware ("money, money, money"):
Putting Linux in Your Pocket
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| After all, they are going to be
| battling to sell chips for a new generation of mobile Web devices.
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http://blogs.wsj.com/ces/2008/01/08/putting-linux-in-your-pocket/?mod=yahoo_hs
Hands-On With Intel's "Menlow" Prototypes
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| All of them have Silverthorne processors, with speeds ranging from 800-MHz to
| 1.33-GHz, plus the Poulsbo US15 chipset. Four of the five units load Red Hat
| Linux, yet only one dared to load Windows Vista.
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http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2704,2247028,00.asp
The MSBBC article about this says nothing about Linux:
Ultra-mobile future beckons for PCs
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7178278.stm
Related:
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| That [Linux] software effort does not have the support of Mr. Otellini, who
| is concerned about incurring Microsoft's wrath, the executive said.
| The two companies have a long history of tension over who controls
| the hardware and software direction of the "Wintel standard." Intel
| has said it is supporting both operating systems.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/16/technology/16chip.html?ex=1177560000&en=2ef52cee6b1fb0e3&ei=5099&partner=TOPIXNEWS
Negroponte says Intel should be "ashamed of itself"
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| He is furious that Intel's CEO Craig Barrett called the One Laptop a
| gadget. The Negroponte initiative is caught in the middle of a vicious
| fight between AMD and Intel, he said.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=39733
Linux-powered Mobile Internet Device video walkthrough
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| The finalized product could obviously change ever-so-sightly between
| now and then, but regardless, be sure to click on through for an
| in-action look at Intel's Linux-based MID, and try not to become
| too envious, capiche?
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http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/05/linux-powered-mobile-internet-device-video-walkthrough/
UMPC News : New Linux distro for MIDs to be launched in May. Redflag
Mid Linux
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| The new distro will have a 500MB footprint, will support
| power-saving features, boot time is shown as 18 seconds on
| one of the slides.
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http://www.umpcportal.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=480
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