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Will Linux Find its Way Onto Your Computer?
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| Over on the OStatic blog, we’ve written about Splashtop, which is Linux-based
| instant-on software found on many of Asus’ systems. Splashtop isn’t the
| primary OS on systems that use it; instead, it allows users to flip in and
| out of a Linux-based OS for on-the-fly tasks, when it’s undesirable to wait
| for a lengthy system boot-up.
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| For some observers in the Linux crowd, this application of Linux may seem to
| ghettoize an OS that they care about, but especially in the case of the Dell
| laptops, it could make Linux useful for a lot more people. That’s also true
| of the Linux-based netbooks from Asus, Acer, and others.
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http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/08/19/will-linux-find-its-way-onto-your-computer/
Dell's netbook to carry Ubuntu 'remix' edition
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| "The Dell machine might be the first chance we get to see what Canonical has
| been working on all summer, and it's bound to have a significant impact on
| the netbook market."
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| Suddenly Dell's soon-to-be-confirmed Eee 'killer' looks very interesting
| indeed.
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http://www.techradar.com/news/mobile-computing/dell-s-new-netbook-to-carry-ubuntu-remix-edition-454264
http://tinyurl.com/6pzbsu
Recent:
Inside Dell's 'BlackTop' laptop Linux OS
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| Dell’s new laptops sideline Windows with a fast-boot Linux OS and ARM
| processor to check email, browse the Web and even sync with Exchange.
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http://apcmag.com/Content.aspx?id=2804
The Next Linux You Use Could Be Virtual
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| Major players in the laptop computer market go virtual with Linux. HP,
| Lenovo, and now Dell offer laptops that have a Linux Mode.
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http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry2965.html
Dell introduces ten new laptops
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| On is a flash-based barebones Linux install that gets you up and running, on
| the Net, and with much of what you need to run the computer in instantly.
| Dell went to great pains to avoid saying the L-word though, it might anger
| the very touchy gods atop mount Redmond.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/08/13/dell-introduces-laptops
Are “instant on” notebooks the future?
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| If I think about my normal notebook usage patterns, I’m pretty sure I could
| spend a good 80 - 90% of my time in the instant on environment and only boot
| into Windows when I needed to do something specifically Windows-centric. In
| fact, given a properly set up Linux distro as the main OS (which should be a
| snap to set up since these systems would/should already be Linux-compatible
| because they are running the Linux-based instant on OS ) which would allow me
| to handle Microsoft Office docs, and a VPN, I could do away with having
| Windows on the system altogether and simply connect to a secondary
| Windows-based PC when I wanted that functionality (when on the road I rarely,
| if ever, need to run anything heavy such as Photoshop).
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=2400
Dell’s comeback machine
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| There are some surprises beneath the surface of the Latitude line as well.
| One is an optional Linux-based low-power mode called Dell Latitude On, which
| boots in two seconds. It offers more than a day’s worth of battery life for
| basic tasks like web surfing, Exchange e-mail, and viewing e-mail
| attachments, and runs on an ARM-based (ARMH) chip rather than the main Intel
| processor. (HP and Lenovo laptops offer similar Linux modes, but with fewer
| capabilities.)
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http://bigtech.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2008/08/12/dells-comeback-machine/
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