Tag Archives: Netbook

Linux in netbooks surge globally

Posted on November 5, 2009 by Arun

LinuxWorld reports: Nearly one-third of the 35 million netbooks on track to ship this year will come with some variant of the free, open-source operating system, ABI Research said. The exact split is 32% Linux versus 68% Windows, said Jeff … Continue reading →

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Canonical IBM to provide Ubuntu netbooks in Africa

Posted on September 23, 2009 by Arun

According to Triangle Business Journal, IBM is teaming up with Canonical to provide a new Linux-based software package for netbooks in order to help African businesses bridge the digital divide. Many businesses in Africa can’t afford to buy desktop personal … Continue reading →

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Ubuntu 9.10 Alpha 3 relased

Posted on July 23, 2009 by Arun

Ubuntu team has released the 3rd alpha of next version of Ubuntu, Ubuntu 9.10, code named Karmic Koala. Kubunt 9.10 alpha 3 is also out. I found few interesting features in both Ubuntu and Kubuntu that might appeal to end … Continue reading →

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Dell runs Android in Mini 10v Netbook

Posted on May 21, 2009 by Arun

Dell’s Technology Strategist Doug Anson talked about Mini 10v Netbook with 3 different Linux OS. One if the Dell customized Ubuntu, 2nd one is with Ubuntu Netbook Remix and the 3rd one is the Google’s Android. He didn’t run any … Continue reading →

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Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala

Posted on February 20, 2009 by Arun

Mark Shuttleworth announced in his blog that Ubuntu 9.10 will be called Karmic Koala. On the server side he expects Karmic Koala to be easier to deploy applications to cloud computing by embracing the APIs of Amazon EC2. On the … Continue reading →

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HP MIni 1000 Mi Edition Netbook with Ubuntu under the hood

Posted on February 5, 2009 by Arun

HP has released HP Mini 1000 Mi Edition netbook with Ubuntu 8.04 as operating system. HP customized the OS heavily. When you look at the system, you won’t realize it’s Ubuntu. The system is priced at $379.99, $20 less than … Continue reading →

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Acer to install Linux on it’s laptops and netbooks

Posted on June 5, 2008 by Arun

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 … Continue reading →

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