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HP Mini 1000 Mi Comes With Friendly Linux Distro
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| HP has recently announced a sought-after Linux version of its popular Mini
| 1000 consumer netbook. Basically, much of the internals are similar to the
| other versions of the Mini 1000. However, the selling point of the Mi
| version, which stands for Mobile internet, is the Linux OS dressed up in nice
| clothes by HP.
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| On the HP Mini 1000 Mi, the company chose to bundle Ubuntu, one of the most
| popular Linux distributions on the market. Nevertheless, HP listened to
| netbook costumers regarding their experience with Linux. Hence, average users
| simply won’t get the awkward feel of using Linux, as they feel on the Linpus
| Linux on the Aspire One or on the Xandros OS on the EEE PC series. Instead,
| the company developed a very appealing interface, which gathers all the
| internet, email and multimedia tasks on its home screen.
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http://www.enews20.com/news_HP_Mini_1000_Mi_Comes_With_Friendly_Linux_Distro_16472.html
ARM 'will beat Intel on power drain and price'
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| ARM-based netbooks will beat those using Intel's next-generation Moorestown
| platform on price, match it on performance, and enable a new class of device
| costing as little as $150 (£100), the UK chip designer has predicted.
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http://www.pcw.co.uk/personal-computer-world/news/2236938/arm-beat-intel-power-drain
Won't run Windows.
Recent:
Netbooks Open Linux Window at BETT
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| On the same stand a large screen showed off the design appeal of the latest
| Ubuntu. This includes multiple windows rotating or rescaling. As this is
| better understood some Netbook users may return to Linux. Asustek Chairman
| Jonney Shih has predicted that about 60 percent of Eee PCs to be shipped in
| 2009 will have Windows XP.
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http://english.ohmynews.com/ArticleView/article_view.asp?menu=A11100&no=384681&rel_no=1&back_url=
Cheap PCs Weigh on Microsoft
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| But most netbooks have less processing power than their full-featured cousins
| and can’t run high-spec versions of Windows, the world’s most widely used
| operating system. Microsoft is selling netbook makers cheaper, lighter
| versions of its operating system, but some manufacturers cut it out
| altogether by using Linux, an open-source OS. About 30% of netbooks, which
| sell for as little as $300, run a version of Linux.
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http://blogs.wsj.com/biztech/2008/12/08/cheap-pcs-weigh-on-microsoft/
Will the netbook cannibalize the traditional PC market?
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| Will netbooks ultimately put the Linux OS on an equal footing with Windows in
| terms of market share? Probably not. Given how consumers view netbooks right
| now -- more as a "mini laptop" than as another category of device in its own
| right-- an ultra mobile device more in line with a mobile Internet device
| (MID) than a PC -- consumers are favoring Windows.
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| "As consumers come to view it as less of a PC and more of a tool to access
| the Internet that happens to look like a laptop because of its larger screen
| and keyboard, then they will probably come to accept Linux more readily,"
| Solis said. "In addition, only x86-based processors from Intel and Via (AMD
| had not yet jumped into this game) can support Windows. x86 also support
| Linux. The competing platform base would be ARM -- mostly with Cortex A-8 and
| Cortex A-9 based processors from ARM itself and its licensees. These
| platforms do not support Windows XP or Vista, but they do support full PC
| versions of Linux (that would be optimized for netbooks and MIDs)."
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http://www.echannelline.com/usa/story.cfm?item=24078
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