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Chinese Chip Project Licenses MIPS Architecture
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| Whether Godson-based devices become available with Android is up to business
| partners who put the chips into products, Hu said. A handful of Godson-based
| netbooks running Linux are currently available, though some Godson-based
| embedded products use other operating systems.
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http://www.pcworld.com/article/166669/chinese_chip_project_licenses_mips_architecture.html
Switched On: When netbooks suffer from 'Droid rage
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| Even these manufacturers have more to gain by going with their own twist on
| Linux. HP, for example, has created a unique and differentiated experience
| with its Linux environment for netbooks. It will take some time before
| various Android implementations are so unique. It's unclear why an
| Android-based netbook would fare much better than Linux-based netbooks have.
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http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/16/switched-on-when-netbooks-suffer-from-droid-rage/
Recent:
SPOTTED: Linux notebooks with ARM CPUs
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| Freescale and Qualcomm have coined the term smartbook to describe Linux+ARM
| systems, ditching Atom+Windows for good.
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http://apcmag.com/linux-notebooks-with-arm-hardware-seen-at-computex.htm
Are Linux netbooks really returned more often than Windows models?
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| But Philip Solis, an analyst at ABI Research, questions the "reliability" of
| this evidence.
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| Solis said in a March research note that Taiwan's MSI had not yet shipped a
| Linux-based Wind at the time of the comment to the magazine. When it did, it
| did "adapt" the operating system for the netbook's smaller size -- an key
| ingredient to Linux's acceptance by consumers, Solis wrote.
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| Acer, Asus and Dell have all built customized versions of Linux for their
| netbooks. Solis said that Asus has noted equal return rates for Linux
| netbooks versus those running Windows.
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| And while ABI's surveys show U.S. consumers clearly stating their preference
| for Windows netbooks, Solis said that isn't true around the world.
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| In Asia, netbook buyers are both thriftier and "and not as tied to the
| Windows environment," Solis said. "They're looking for certain features, but
| they aren't as tied to a certain brand name."
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| Solis predicts an increase in Linux netbook shipments this year, from 25% to
| a third of the 35 million netbooks expected to sell globally this year. Under
| that estimate, Linux will be shipped on 11.5 million netbook PCs in 2009.
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| Solis is bullish about his prediction because of the coming ARM wave. With
| Microsoft still balking at porting Windows 7 to ARM's mobile CPU, PC makers
| using ARM have no choice but to use Linux.
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9131204&intsrc=news_ts_head
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