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My First Netbook Experience
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| Alright, so I'm a little behind on the times. Netbooks have been around for a
| while, but it wasn't until recently that I've been able to spend a little
| more than a few minutes with one. With CES right around the corner, I decided
| to finally get one in and spend a week using it exclusively at the event.
| Read on for my initial thoughts.
|
| [...]
|
| Being a Linux user, I wasn't that interested in sticking to Windows on the
| netbook for the simple fact that I'm so used to applications I use everyday,
| that I wanted to feel at home, as it would increase productivity. The distro
| I chose to use was Kubuntu, for two simple reasons. First, I'm not a fan of
| GNOME, and second, Kubuntu has superb hardware-detection.
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http://techgage.com/article/my_first_netbook_experience
Netbooks aim to boost PC sales
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| The netbook takes the concept of the notebook PC to an even smaller level. A
| netbook typically has a screen that is less than 10 inches wide diagonally,
| carries no optical drive, and runs on Intel Corp’s Atom processor. Most
| employ either Microsoft Corp.’s Windows XP operating system or a version of
| open-source Linux-based software and weigh around 3 pounds or less.
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http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2009/jan/04/netbooks-aim-to-boost-pc-sales/
Netbooks and Cloud Computing on the Rise
http://soa.sys-con.com/node/792134/print
Recent:
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
Microsoft Missing Out on Netbook Growth as Linux Wins Sales
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| Small laptops are becoming a big problem for Microsoft Corp.'s Windows
| business.
|
| A new breed of lightweight computers called netbooks are beginning to crack
| the company's dominance of operating systems. Acer Inc. and Asustek Computer
| Inc., which together account for 90 percent of the netbook market, are using
| the rival Linux software on about 30 percent of their low-cost notebooks.
|
| The devices, which usually cost less than $500, are the fastest-growing
| segment of the personal-computer industry -- a trend that's eating into
| Microsoft's revenue. Windows sales fell short of forecasts last quarter and
| the company cut growth projections for the year, citing the lower revenue it
| gets from netbooks. When makers of the computers do use Windows, they
| typically opt for older and cheaper versions of the software.
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http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=a3VyE_ofSwwE
Microsoft Battles Low-Cost Rival for Africa
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| In Nigeria, Microsoft proposed paying $400,000 last year under a
| joint-marketing agreement to a government contractor it was trying to
| persuade to replace Linux with Windows on thousands of school laptops. The
| contractor's former chief executive describes the proposal as an incentive to
| make the switch -- an interpretation Microsoft denies. In Namibia and
| Nigeria, where it has sought government contracts, the company hired family
| members of government officials. Microsoft says they were qualified.
|
| [...]
|
| On Oct. 30, Mandriva announced it had won the contract to provide Linux
| software for the Classmates. Microsoft didn't give up. The next day, it
| delivered TSC a revised draft agreement with an "effective date" of Nov. 1,
| documents show. It offered to pay $400,000 to TSC. In the revised agreement,
| there no longer was any mention of TSC having to comply with Microsoft's code
| of conduct.
|
| In an Oct. 31 email, TSC told Mandriva that there had been a "change in
| circumstances," and that it "has recently reached an understanding with
| Microsoft to convert" the Classmates from Linux to Windows.
|
| Mandriva's chief executive, Francois Bancilhon, responded by posting "an open
| letter to Steve Ballmer," Microsoft's CEO, on Mandriva's Web site. "What have
| you done to these guys to make them change their mind like this?" he
| wrote. "It's quite clear to me, and it will be to everyone. How do you call
| what you just did, Steve? There are various names for it, I'm sure you know
| them." Mr. Bancilhon declined to elaborate on his letter.
|
| In the end, the joint-marketing agreement was never signed, and the Microsoft
| deal unraveled. Microsoft says it gave up after "it became clear" that the
| Nigerian government wanted Linux.
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| The laptops were delivered with Linux.
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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122332198757908625.html
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