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First Glance at KDE 4 in Netbook Context
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| Patience is called for those who expect completed software. The Plasma
| interface optimized for netbooks is first planned for KDE 4.4 that might come
| out in December 2009. There is, however, a current requirements and roadmap
| for the project, along with some first screenshots of what it could look
| like.
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http://www.linuxpromagazine.com/online/news/first_glance_at_kde_4_in_netbook_context
Recent:
Plasmanetbook breaths
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| With the usual disclaimer that is a very early barely working prototype that
| will be probably massively different from anything final, it's nice to show
| the screenshot of the other day in action.
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http://www.notmart.org/index.php/Software/Plasmanetbook_breaths
Ubuntu Netbook Remix 9.04 on an entry-level netbook
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| Once installed, booting UNR from power on to login prompt was a swift 35
| seconds. That’s 13 seconds off Windows7 RC’s time on the exact same hardware.
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http://www.itwire.com/content/view/24883/1143/
ARM netbook with Android undercuts Atom models
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| Many manufacturers have now joined the Open Handset Alliance to cooperate on
| developing Android; an operating system originally tailored to mobile phones,
| with a practical browser and a lot of applications.
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http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/136928
Netbooks: Best of the Best
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| The dominant Windows XP (which now runs about 80 percent of netbooks) will be
| challenged by Linux and Google's Andriod OS.
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http://www.wi-fiplanet.com/reviews/article.php/3816986
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.
|
| 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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