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Re: [News] Almost Half of Sub-notebooks Run GNU/Linux, Despite Windows Dumping

  • Subject: Re: [News] Almost Half of Sub-notebooks Run GNU/Linux, Despite Windows Dumping
  • From: Mark Kent <mark.kent@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 09:01:42 +0000
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: A poorly-maintained Debian GNU/Linux InterNetNews site
  • References: <1274433.Cm58JquJIq@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • User-agent: slrn/pre0.9.9-122 (Linux)
  • Xref: ellandroad.demon.co.uk comp.os.linux.advocacy:708479
Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>
>
>
> is there a long-term future for the netbook?
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| The retail impact of Linux in the netbook market has been huge, with many 
>| retailers reporting that Linux based netbooks were taking up 40% or more of 
>| their notebook class shipments.  
> `----
>
> http://zerias.blogspot.com/2008/11/is-there-long-term-future-for-netbook.html
>

I suspect that some of the answer here might lie in using architectures
more like mobile phones and less like PCs in order to get battery life
up.

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