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Vodacom announces low cost web-focused computer
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| The Linkbook's operating system is geared
| primarily towards a user-friendly web
| experience; from email to social
| networking and browsing, as well as basic
| Open Office - everything a business
| entrepreneur, student or first-time PC
| user could need in a computer.
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http://www.moneyweb.co.za/mw/view/mw/en/page292518?oid=485545&sn=2009+Detail&pid=287226
Vodacomâs Linkbook Linux netbook reviewed
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| For the price, though, itâs difficult to
| be too hard on the Linkbook. At
| R199/month, it is becoming easier to get
| computing into the hands of almost
| everyone. Weâre sure that Nicholas
| Negroponte would agree with us that thatâs
| a good thing. But whether this is the
| device to do it is open to debate.
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http://www.techcentral.co.za/vodacoms-linkbook-linux-netbook-reviewed/14334/
Recent:
Linux To Regain 50% Netbook Market Share
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| I'm sure some will dismiss Mr. Lim's projections as self-serving since Linpus
| is a Linux distributor heavily invested in the netbook market. It turns out
| Mr. Lim isn't alone in seeing Linux equal or even overtake Windows on
| netbooks. ABI Research sees it happening but they see it taking a bit longer
| than a year. They see Linux regaining dominance on netbooks by 2012. ABI
| cites ïthe arrival of low-end ARM-based netbooks as part of the reason for a
| Linux resurgence. They also cite the arrival of Linux distributions designed
| for mobile devices, particularly Android and Moblin. Windows doesn't run on
| ARM processor based systems.
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| While ARM has been getting lots of notice in the tech press a Spanish company
| called iUnika announced the first netbook with a MIPS processor (pictured).
| Linux already runs on MIPS processors. The support dates back to MIPS-powered
| SGI workstations running Linux back in the '90s. Windows, on the other hand,
| doesn't run on MIPS powered systems.
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http://broadcast.oreilly.com/2009/05/linux-to-regain-50-netbook-mar.html
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