Linux desktop distro partners on MID software
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| Linux desktop distribution vendor Xandros and Web content management firm
| Viyya Technologies have announced they will jointly market integrated,
| Linux-based software for "netbook" and Mobile Internet Device (MID) devices.
| Meanwhile, Xandros has strengthened its collaboration with Microsoft on its
| mixed-environment BridgeWays management tools.
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http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS7940803268.html
Press release:
Viyya Technologies and Xandros Sign LOI
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| Viyya Technologies, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: VYON), the developer and marketer of
| the world's most advanced, web-based information management application and
| Xandros, Inc., a leading provider of mixed-environment management tools,
| intuitive Linux solutions, and Scalix e-mail services, are pleased to
| announce the signing of a Letter of Intent. The companies plan to jointly
| market an integrated, Linux-based software solution specifically designed for
| the new Netbook and Mobile Internet Device (MID) markets.
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http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=850970
Sub-notebooks: portability pays
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| At a time when the ultraportable laptop segment was taking shape across the
| world, some of the smaller but technologically capable companies were in the
| hunt for making another sub category within the ultraportable market.
|
| [...]
|
| Asus EeePC has got its own version of Linux developed by Xandros and has
| preloaded 40 important applications. When a user will have all the basic
| applications at his disposal, he will not worry much about lack of optical
| media and storage for application installation at least. Chakraborti believes
| that the target users would be all together a different kettle of fish and
| would not really compare between a low cost entry level laptop with this
| range. The main target of this machine will be primarily the Internet and
| mobile users.
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http://www.expresscomputeronline.com/20080505/market02.shtml
Related:
Linux is Part of Asus’s Long Term Plan
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| Asus announced three new Linux products.
|
| I would even go so far to say that if Asus keeps up its support of Linux, it
| may be the company that is credited with bringing Linux on the desktop to the
| masses.
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http://www.linuxloop.com/news/2008/02/02/linux-is-part-of-asuss-long-term-plan/
2007's most important IT lesson is spelled with an Eee
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| The Eee shows too just how out of date the 'is Linux ready for the desktop?'
| argument is. Yes it is. Anyone can pick up an Eee with its standard Linux
| distro - or with a number of freely available alternatives - and just use it.
| That alone revitalises the 'is this paid-for operating system value for
| money?' question.
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http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10006830o-2000331777b,00.htm?new_comment
I Love Linux
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| I’m writing this post from my little EEE PC on a tiny table in my bedroom -
| the only room in the house with any furniture. As you can see in the photo,
| we are doing a little Home Improvement - new flooring. In the meantime, our
| world is total chaos. I’ve re-discovered my biceps - mostly because they are
| sore from moving all our stuff out of the house - and I’ve re-discovered my
| love of Linux.
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http://moultriecreek.us/family/2008/02/20/i-love-linux/
Asus is now a PC company
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| Low and high end machines are first out of the gate, complimenting the
| laptops and accessories they already make.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/03/11/asus-pc-company
Microsoft can't even give it away
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| To sweeten the pill, there is also a considerable price incentive in buying a
| basic portable with GNU/Linux installed as opposed to one with Windows XP,
| which not only costs about 30 per cent more, but also has the nerve to
| require more storage space and memory. The situation gets even worse for the
| Vole when it phases out XP for Vista in June, bringing basic storage
| requirements, just for running the thing, up to a whopping 15 GB. Free
| browser-based online services like Gmail and Google Docs make life even more
| arduous for the Vole, allowing users to get by quite happily just using
| Firefox.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/03/11/microsoft-give-away
ASUS preps $500 'iMac killer' Eee PC desktop
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| The computer builder also says it will build a headless desktop, the E-DT,
| which will at first use a Celeron but then switch to the Shelton platform.
| Most details are unavailable, though the price should range between $200 and
| $300 and is being pushed towards the $200 mark. A third system known as the
| E-TV will combine a basic Eee PC platform with a 42-inch LCD TV and should
| cost about $200 more than a comparable TV that ships without such features.
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http://www.electronista.com/articles/08/01/30/asus.eee.pc.all.in.one/
Asustek ups Eee PC sales f'cast by two-thirds
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| Asustek had said that it hoped to become the world's fifth-largest laptop PC
| vendor by 2010.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTP4901620071128
Little Linux Laptops: Build It and People Will Come
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| Verdict
|
| You can hardly go wrong in getting a notebook computer for less than $400.
| Any one of these units represents a highly compact and usable computer for a
| very reasonable price. The prevailing wisdom in computing has always been ‘Go
| smaller, pay more’, but these latest Linux laptops are battling that
| philosophy nicely. But then Linux has always gone against the wind.
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http://www.performancepccanada.com/?defaultarticle=1117&defaultnode=516&layout=20&pagefunction=Load%20Layout&formfields[sect_title]=Reviews
Asus Says Eee PC is Most Successful Product Ever
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| An interesting piece of news from Asus’s press conference is that the Eee PC
| is their “most successful product ever,” according to Engadget. This is
| potentially huge news for Linux on two levels.
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http://www.linuxloop.com/news/2008/01/07/asus-says-eee-pc-is-most-successful-product-ever/
Asustek Eee PC shipments beat expectations
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| Asustek has shipped almost 350,000 units of the Eee PC in the quarter, ahead
| of the 300,000 estimated, according to Taiwan's DigiTimes.
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http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/technology/2007/12/21/asustek_eee_pc_shipments_beat_expectations.html
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