Acer to install Linux on it's laptops and netbooks
Acer is planning to push Linux aggressively on it's laptop and Netbooks. Netbooks are smaller version of the laptop, similar to ULPC. Acer has already started selling Linux on Media PC business and netbooks and they are planning to add laptops to the Linux lineup.
Acer's vice president of marketing Gianpiero Morbello said the shift towards Linux is due to Microsoft. «Microsoft has a lot of power and it is going to be difficult, but we will be working hard to develop the Linux market» he said.
Acer sees two killer apps with Linux on computers: operation and cost. Its flavour of Linux will boot in 15 seconds compared to minutes for Windows, and the open source operating system can extend battery life from five to seven hours. At the same time, the company expects that the price differential of Linux
will make the offering attractive for consumers at the low-cost end of the market.
Good thinking Acer. Don't succumb to Microsoft like others did before.
News source: Vnunet.com
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