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Ohio Linuxfest 2008: The Community Gathers Once Again
Gear Diary — ... going to be on Amazon.com.  So if your still pinging to get one of these weird, but cool looking machines, November 17th is your chance! One thing that has been made clear to me is the sheer popularity of netbooks in the Linux community.  There were many netbooks being carried by the community.  You could not turn the corner without seeing a Eee PC , a Acer Aspire One or HP Mini-Note .  They are the IN machine of the Linux community.  There was a mix of Xandros , Ubuntu , Open Suse or Eeebuntu running on many of these ...

On the Linux laptop the distro is key
Open Source — ... It took me a lot of trial and error but I finally learned this particular laptop runs the Xandros distro, and I learned what that means. This is the distro formerly known as Linspire, and before that known as Lindows. ...

Freescale Takes Aim at Netbook Market with an Arsenal of Open Source Support
OStatic blogs — ... Freescale Semiconductor announced its further plans to forge ahead into the netbook market. Freescale, a major manufacturer of embedded semiconductors, entered the netbook arena in January with its i.MX515 chip and a comprehensive netbook reference design featuring the new-to-ARM Ubuntu Linux platform. Ubuntu isn't the only open source option for Freescale, however. The company has announced it will also support the Android platform, Xandros Linux, and HyperSpace, an instant-on Linux-based environment. ...

Freescale Takes Aim at Netbook Market with an Arsenal of Open Source Support [OStatic]
GigaOM Network — ... its further plans to forge ahead into the netbook market. Freescale, a major manufacturer of embedded semiconductors, entered the netbook arena in January with its i.MX515 chip and a comprehensive netbook reference design featuring the new-to-ARM Ubuntu Linux platform. Ubuntu isn't the only open source option for Freescale, however. The company has announced it will also support the Android platform, Xandros Linux, and HyperSpace, an instant-on Linux-based environment. It ...

Chip maker Freescale adds support for Android, HyperSpace netbooks
Liliputing — ... announced last month that it’s 600MHz to 1GHz chips were ready to power Linux-based netbooks. The company put out a reference design with Pegatron that demonstrated the platform’s ability to support Ubuntu Linux. Now Freescale is announcing broader support for its chipset. Freescale says its netbook cosystem can support Google’s Android operating system, HyperSpace quick-start software from Phoenix Technologyes, and Xandros Linux. The platform also includes support for 3G wireless connectivity. It’ll ...

Xandros instant-on platform: Who needs it?
Webware.com — Linux shop Xandros is launching the Presto "instant-on" platform for PCs and laptops at the Demo 09 conference. When I saw my first PC with an alternate, quick-boot Linux operating system (DeviceVM), I was impressed. But I no longer think this is a viable market. I do not believe consumers want to run two operating systems on their computers--one fast to boot but limited, and one slow but capable. They want what they know, and for most of them, that means Windows. That's why Windows XP has become the popular operating system for low-spec ...

DEMO Roundup: Doing more with less, a smarter Internet, and more
VentureBeat — ... Xandros Instant On — A service that lets you boot your computer and access services like web browsers and instant messengers before Microsoft Windows has started. ...

Xandros Presto promises yet another instant-on Linux experience
Download Squad — ... Xandros isn't a new name in netbook oeprating systems. After all, it was their OS that first appeared on Asus' category-defining EeePC. What next? Why, instant-on, of course! Called Presto, the new OS will be joining other options like JoliCloud, Moblin ...

Presto Loads a Streamlined Desktop in 15 Seconds [Downloads]
Lifehacker — ... , grab the file (or wait until you have time and bandwidth for 483MB), and install it like any other Windows application. Presto is a streamlined, stripped-down version of the Xandros distribution of Linux. Hardware manufacturers are doing something similar with embedded Linux chips, like ...

In Depth: Revealed: the best Linux distro for your netbook
Techradar - All the latest technology news — ... and significantly reducing the room available for your data. The advantage is that you can restore the factory default settings in seconds and there's an option to do this at boot, but it's not really worth the loss of valuable space. Sure, it's possible to remove this and replace it with a regular filesystem, but hey, once you're doing that, you might as well try out another distro, right? Version: Asus customised version Website: www.xandros.com Price: $99.99 (free trial for 30 days) ...

The top four Linux netbook trends
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols's blog — ... ; and Xandros all announced they will deliver Moblin versions of their distributions for Intel's Atom architecture. Of these Linux distributors while Ubuntu has the most buzz, it looks like Novell has the lead in actually getting contracts signed with OEMs (original equipment manufacturers). The giant white-box PC vendor, ...

Go to Toys 'R Us for your Linux netbook needs
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols's blog — ... . Both run Xandros Linux . Now, neither of these computers are state of the art. Both computers, for example, uses a 900MHz Celeron processor rather than a 1.4GHz Intel Atom. The 900A, with its 8.9" screen size, a GB of RAM and a 4GB SSD (Solid State Drive), is clearly the best of the pair. That said, no one will ever mistake either of these as great netbooks. But, if you're like a lot of people and you want to get your hands on something before buying it, then at least this gives you a chance to see what a Linux-powered netbook looks and feels like. Alas, there's no way to ...