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The Netbook Newbie's Guide to Linux
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| Considering that Linux netbooks are designed to present a simplified
| interface that can be used by complete newbies, it's amazing how buzzy
| hackers have become about them. Even people who wouldn't consider themselves
| hardcore techies love to tinker under these machines' hoods.
|
| [...]
|
| As we saw in Episode One, the AA1 interface is built using a lightweight
| Linux window manager called Xfce.
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http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/11/24/netbook_linux_guide_3/
Netbooks + Ubuntu: On fence about form factor; OS solid
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| Last week, I bought a Dell Mini 9 preloaded with Ubuntu. The idea: Check out
| a netbook and take Ubuntu for a spin. The early reaction: Netbooks can be
| handy, but they can also cramp your hands with those dinky keyboards. And
| aside from some early problems with connecting to my wireless network Ubuntu
| has proven to be a capable operating system.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=10985
Ubuntu on the Aspire One
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| Battery management seems improved, wifi works, audio works (and somehow
| sounds not as flat. Maybe due to a different Alsa version?), webcam works,
| and now I have access to Ubuntu’s massive repositories and I don’t have to
| dabble with Fedora’s weird package management system anymore. A win-win
| situation.
|
| Suddenly working with the AspireOne seems to be much more fun.
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http://messagedfromtheouthouse.wordpress.com/2008/11/23/ubuntu-on-the-aspire-one/
Recent:
is there a long-term future for the netbook?
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| 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.
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http://zerias.blogspot.com/2008/11/is-there-long-term-future-for-netbook.html
Linux Carried Along on Netbooks Wave
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| Morvay revealed to Linux Magazine Online that there were no specific figures
| for Linux netbook sales, but that it lay somewhere in the 40th percentile.
| Even though this figure seems a little high, it is known that many of the
| world's netbooks have Linux on board since their first inception 18 months
| ago.
|
| For example, notebooks with Linux make up about 5.5% of the notebook market
| in Germany...
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http://www.linuxpromagazine.com/online/news/linux_carried_along_on_netbooks_wave
Linux preinstalls rocket to three per cent [preinstalled, not installed base]
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| Microsoft is still be shipped with 93 per cent of all PCs sold through
| distribution in the UK, according to Context.
|
| Yet Linux has nevertheless made an impressive gain.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/08/01/linux-preloads-rocket-per-cent
Sustainable computing for the masses
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| Dukker says about 40 per cent of NComputing's customers have chosen Linux
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| (the company uses Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora or SuSE) and the remainder have gone
| with Windows on the host. He is careful to specify that he has no religion
| when it comes to the operating system - it is entirely the buyer's choice.
| (Of course, if he were not offering the GNU/Linux option, then he wouldn't
| have got a run here).
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http://www.itwire.com/content/view/17254/1090/
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