UMPCs and Linux: made for each other, and coming soon
Posted by: Anonymous
[ip: 203.27.72.3]
on July 11, 2008 08:01 AM
Umm, unfortunately I've been trying to buy a Linux 901 eeepc here (Australia) for a few days now, but no go.
I searched the on-line outlets of about 60 or so retailers, and found only the XP version. I tried phoning a few, to be told the machine is XP-only. Today I contacted ASUS Australia and they informed me that the eeePC 901 is indeed XP-only. Sorry, but no Linux version.
It seems all these manufacturers are using Linux in the same way as many organisations have, to squeeze price discounts from Microsoft (and in this case gain market share). Then it's back to good-ole Windows.
Despite all the Linux-fever in the IT media, it looks like we'll be stuck with buying the Windows version of these machines, and then loading Linux, for quite some years yet. Sigh...
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UMPCs and Linux: made for each other, and coming soon
Posted by: Anonymous [ip: 203.27.72.3] on July 11, 2008 08:01 AMI searched the on-line outlets of about 60 or so retailers, and found only the XP version. I tried phoning a few, to be told the machine is XP-only. Today I contacted ASUS Australia and they informed me that the eeePC 901 is indeed XP-only. Sorry, but no Linux version.
It seems all these manufacturers are using Linux in the same way as many organisations have, to squeeze price discounts from Microsoft (and in this case gain market share). Then it's back to good-ole Windows.
Despite all the Linux-fever in the IT media, it looks like we'll be stuck with buying the Windows version of these machines, and then loading Linux, for quite some years yet. Sigh...
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