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Linux Makes Headway in Netbooks, Smartphones

Thursday, 13 August 2009 07:06 Examiner

So many stories about open source Linux becoming ‚Äúmainstream‚Äù appear every year at Linux events that‚Äôs it‚Äôs become a clich√© among technology reporters.

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Moblin v2 to Reach Netbooks this Oct.?

Tuesday, 11 August 2009 07:22 Moblin

¬† The first netbook pre-installed with Moblin v2 operating system technology may reach market in October. A report suggests that Asus will offer Moblin v2 technology preinstalled on its "Seashell" netbook.

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Dell Kills its 12-inch Netbook

Monday, 10 August 2009 06:06 LinuxDevices

Dell has decided to retreat from the 12-inch netbook market, declaring that "larger notebooks require a little more horsepower to be really useful."

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Hands-On with an Alpha of the Jolicloud Netbook Distro

Sunday, 26 July 2009 23:35 ArsTechnica

Jolicloud is a custom Linux distribution that is designed specifically for netbook devices. It uses Mozilla's Prism Web runtime and Canonical's Ubuntu Netbook Remix (UNR) to deliver a Web-centric Linux environment that is easy to use.

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KDE's New Plasma Netbook Interface Shines in Small Places

Thursday, 23 July 2009 23:20 ArsTechnica

The Linux platform is beginning to gain mainstream acceptance on low-cost netbook devices. The growing popularity of netbooks presents a major opportunity for the open source operating system, but it also comes with some challenges.

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