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4 new mini-laptops -- which is smallest, lightest, best?
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| While Windows is an option on most models, Linux is the operating system of
| choice because of its low cost and modest hardware requirements.
|
| In other words, if you're a Windows user, you'll likely have to do without
| some of your favorite programs. However, take heart: There are thousands of
| free or low-cost Linux programs available that in many cases are easier to
| use and more responsive than their Windows or Mac counterparts. I soon became
| accustomed to the software and was using these petite portables to e-mail and
| nose around the Web, view and edit images, write stories and use
| spreadsheets. In the final analysis, I barely missed Windows and OS X.
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9114478
Overpriced Netbooks only good for ‘around the house’ says AMD VP
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| In a sense, Moorhead has a good point. Buyers are undoubtedly being drawn in
| to the netbook segment by lower priced models and then being encouraged to
| consider incremental upgrades, without necessarily looking at what their
| money would get them in terms of “traditional” notebooks. However the
| company is believed to be preparing its own ultraportable chip to rival the
| Atom, which begs the question of what users can expect in terms of battery
| and performance from the AMD alternative.
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http://www.slashgear.com/overpriced-netbooks-only-good-for-around-the-house-says-amd-vp-1516228/
ARM is entering this market too (with GNU/Linux).
Recent:
Tiny boards gain Linux cross-tools support
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| Gumstix says its tiny ARM-Linux SBCs now support the OpenEmbedded (OE) build
| environment. In addition to pre-built Linux images, the company now offers
| a "gumstix-oe" collection of source files and bitbake recipes, for those
| wishing to use the open source cross-compilation environment.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS4583974857.html
Dual-core ARM SoC clocks to 1.2GHz
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| The MV7x SoCs are supported by a reference design development platform,
| including software drivers, toolchain, and BSPs for Linux, VxWorks, and BSD.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS6658204257.html
Related:
Why Ubuntu on ARM Could be a Rich Seam
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| ARM today announced that the total number of processors shipped by its
| Partners has exceeded ten billion.
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
|
| [...]
|
| A Nokia-sponsored project is porting Ubuntu Linux to the ARM architecture.
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http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2008/04/why-ubuntu-on-arm-could-be-rich-seam.html
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| Around 98% of the world's CPUs manufactured are used in embedded systems.
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http://www.digitaltippingpoint.com/?q=node/132
Four billion embedded systems shipped in '06
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3686249103.html
Linux still top embedded OS
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| In a new whitepaper on Linux in the embedded market, VDC researchers cite the
| following reasons for Linux's popularity:
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| * Licensing cost advantages
| * Flexibility of source code access
| * General familiarity
| * Maturing ecosystem of applications and tools
| * Growing developer experience with Linux as an embedded OS
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS4920597981.html
Embedded Linux research report ships
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| EDC noted that some 40 percent of the survey's 500 respondents were targeting
| embedded Linux.
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| [...]
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| Also in the earlier reports, Andrews observed that the need for RTOS source
| code was "one of the reasons that proprietary RTOSes created in-house for a
| specific system have long been popular, and now it's a primary motivating
| factor in the adoption of Embedded Linux."
|
| The now completed survey results are said to include "expert analysis" from
| Ann Thryft, a 20-year industry veteran. The report includes chapters on
| platforms, processors, tools, languages, security, target devices, mobile
| development, and of course, Linux.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7613839836.html
Microsoft Worried Over Linux Dominance In Embedded Space
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| Renames its family of products to target the embedded market.
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http://www.efytimes.com/efytimes/26010/news.htm
Who's afraid of embedded Linux? Microsoft
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| ...Microsoft is fighting a losing battle here. It's like gravity.
| Eventually you just stop fighting and learn to accept it. Even Microsoft.
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http://www.cnet.com/8301-13505_1-9919632-16.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=TheOpenRoad
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