techradar.com - 1/28/2009
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In the beginning, there was the Asus Eee PC. And the masses looked at it, and they found that it was good. Verily, they said, this Linux thingy isn't half bad. And there was much rejoicing in the land of the penguin, for Linux had the market all to itself. A pox on all your houses, Microsoft, ...
news.zdnet.co.uk - 1/29/2009
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news.zdnet.co.uk —
David Meyer ZDNet.co.uk Published: 29 Jan 2009 12:10
GMT Acer has confirmed it plans to release a...
Linux version of its 10-inch Aspire One netbook, even though its initial announcement of the upcoming machine said it would be Windows XP-only. Acer ...
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Acer plans Linux, SSD version of 10-inch netbook
blogs.zdnet.com - 1/26/2009
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blogs.zdnet.com —
Gosh, that didn’t take long! Last July Linux
had a huge opportunity to beat Windows in the...
red-hot netbook market (see Linux for housewives. XP for geeks. ). But faster than I’d expected Microsoft has kicked Linux to the curb, claiming an ...
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Windows kicks Linux to the curb
bmighty.com - 1/29/2009
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bmighty.com —
Subscription-Based Offerings Companies such as Red Hat, Novell,
Xandrox, and Mandriva charge subscription fees that include software...
updates, documentation, and technical support. These fees vary quite a bit, based upon the type and number of Linux ...
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How To Choose The Best Linux For Your Business | ...
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How Vista's total failure hurt Linux
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols's blog —
... , out the door as fast as possible. Windows 7, unlike Vista, will run on netbooks. Once, Windows 7 is out, Microsoft will go back to the business of killing off XP. In the meantime, though, Linux has gone from owning the netbook niche to no longer even holding a majority stake in it. What happened? According to Gary Marshall on Tech Radar it's because users are being presented with a choice between "Windows XP versus a whole bunch of different distributions." I don't buy that. Only a Linux fan knows the differences, or even the names, of the various Linux distributions on ...
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Open source puts a shine on Sun's quarter.....
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Big-Screen Acer Aspire One Netbook to Arrive in Linux Version [OStatic]
GigaOM Network —
... Lately there has been a lot of talk about how Linux netbooks--which had come on strong out of the gate, especially on Asus' big-selling Eee PCs--have been steadily giving up ground to Windows XP-based netbooks. Adding fuel to the fire, Microsoft's Windows 7 operating system, now out in beta, ...
Big-Screen Acer Aspire One Netbook to Arrive in Linux Version
OStatic blogs —
... Lately there has been a lot of talk about how Linux netbooks--which had come on strong out of the gate, especially on Asus' big-selling Eee PCs--have been steadily giving up ground to Windows XP-based netbooks. Adding fuel to the fire, Microsoft's Windows 7 operating system, now out in beta, ...
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