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HOT TOPIC: Moblin
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| Mobile Internet devices (MIDs) and other small form-factor systems based on
| Intel Atom processors and the Intel-sponsored Moblin.org Linux stack are
| finally starting to arrive. This Hot Topic summary and reading list captures
| the early history of this key mobile stack.
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| The Moblin.org project was launched by Intel in July, 2007. It followed
| Intel's announcement earlier that year of the Mobile Internet Device (MID)
| form factor. Previous Intel efforts at hybrid mobile devices, such as the
| slightly larger UMPC (ultra mobile PC) format, had failed to generate much
| interest, due in part to the lack of available software.
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http://linuxdevices.com/articles/AT4781761268.html
Recent:
Support grows for Intel's mobile Linux despite slip
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| Delays to the latest version of Intel's project putting an open-source stack
| on its Atom processors have not deterred IT companies from early backing for
| the platform.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/10/24/gos_netbook_moblin/
Intel CEO: Linux to dominate MIDs
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| However, the Linux netbook genre received a boost this week when Dell started
| running its first major advertisements about a Linux-based system. According
| to a story from The VAR Guy, Dell started running multi-page newspaper ads
| specifically hawking its first Linux netbook, the Dell Inspiron Mini 9
| (pictured).
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS9783019417.html?kc=rss
Related:
How will Linux win the OS wars? From the bottom up!
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| So therefore, best way to win the war of the operating systems is not to go
| after the high end market.
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http://www.raiden.net/?cat=2&aid=352
Low-cost laptops make PC makers mull margins
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| “Computers have been an exception. If you look at consumer electronics, a DVD
| player was about $800 10 years ago – now they sell for $20,” she says. “The
| [computer] industry has been able to keep the price flat by focusing on
| gazillion-gigahertz machines running really bloated software and that’s
| worked for years since the IBM PC revolution.”
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| [...]
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| OLPC found a strong uptake for a “give one, get one” campaign it launched in
| North America in November. It discovered consumers were willing to pay $400
| for an XO – the price meant another XO would be given free to a
| developing-world child. It is now launching OLPC America to extend the cheap
| laptop concept for children in the US.
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http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/cfba14f4-cf64-11dc-854a-0000779fd2ac.html
Linux Has Won, Windows is Gone
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| Sorry Windows you have already lost this battle. There is no way to reverse
| this and no amount of incentives that Microsoft can offer to convince people
| and governments that they will be safe if they switch back to Windows. Lets
| be honest here for a moment. Would your trust America's nuclear technologies
| to be run on Windows? What happens when it bluescreens, yeah you get my point
| don't you?
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http://linuxhow2.com/News/Linux_Has_Won_Windows_is_Gone.html
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