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Lenovo Jumps Into Netbooks, But Where's Linux?

Lenovo is jumping into the sub-notebook netbook fray with its new IdeaPad S10, to be priced at $399? The diminutive S10 systems are one-inch thick and weigh just over two pounds. Without a doubt, this move comes in reaction to the pronounced success that Asus is having with its Eee PCs, and other small, inexpensive portable machines. At least in the U.S., though, it looks like Lenovo is not pursuing a Linux-centric strategy. Will it eventually do so?


Another Linux Distro for Asus' Eee PC Laptops: eeebuntu

Our sister blog jkOnTheRun has a good story about eeebuntu, a new Ubuntu Linux distribution that is specifically customized for Asus' popular Eee PC laptops. You can go with the snazzy Compiz Fusion enabled GNOME version or go plain-vanilla with the Ubuntu Netbook Remix packages. You can get the distro here, and you can quickly return to the Eee PC's normal Xandros Linux if you want. Quite a bit of open source software comes with eeebuntu, including Working WiFi, OpenOffice, Pidgin, Skype, Firefox 3.0.1, and the VLC media player. Those little Eee PCs are a steal at around $350, by the way. I have one. Check out jkOnTheRun's thoughts, with video.


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Funambol has enhanced its native open source wireless sync app for iPhone 2.0. The software is free and open source, unlike Apple's MobileMe service.....

New version of OpenOffice fixes critical bug.....

PCMag.com has a nice, step-by-step primer on dual-booting Linux and Windows XP on an Asus EeePC 900 laptop.....

Does Sun's SOA strategy really get open source?.....



Look Out Asus: Acer Joins the Linux Laptop Fray

If you've followed our recent coverage of Asus' success with its (primarily Linux-based) low-cost Eee PC laptops, and Hewlett Packard's Mini-Note, you know that Linux-based portables are seeing surprising success. Now, Acer--traditionally more of a hardware titan overseas than in the U.S.--is joining the fray with its new Aspire One Linux-based subnotebooks. Because of its distribution might, this could represent major competition for Asus, HP, and the OLPC project.


Asus Laptops to Offer Linux-Based Instant-On Features

Asus, which has seen healthy and growing sales of its inexpensive, mostly Linux-based,ﾠ Eee PC laptops, announced five new laptop models on Thursday designed to use DeviceVM's Slashtop instant-on software. The announcement came at the Computex show in Taipei. The Asus M70T, M50V, M51T, F8Va, and F8Vr laptops will all include Slashtop, thought it will go by the name Express Gate on the systems. Slashtop, if you're not familiar with it, is an embedded Linux OS including both the Firefox browser and Skype. Here's what's really cool about these systems.


Asus Forecasts Quarterly Shipments Nearly Doubling for Eee PCs

There appears to be no stopping the success Asus is having with its Eee PC subnotebooks. The company is forecasting this week that it will nearly double shipments of the svelte, low-cost machines in the second quarter. Shipments will rise to between 1.2 million to 1.3 million units, the company says, and it expects to move a whopping 5 million units this year. To put that in perspective, Asus shipped 350,000 units in the fourth quarter. Originally all Linux-based, the company will deliver a Windows-based Eee PC in early May. Can we expect the Linux versions to stick around?

 



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eWeek has a good interview with Ubuntu guru and Canonical CEO Mark Shuttleworth, who claims Microsoft is fracturing the open source community.....

Asus' Eee PC is the most popular laptop featuring an open source OS. The company will share its development experience at the Taiwan Open Source Summit.....

Microsoft and Novell are expanding their open source initiatives into China.....

The head of Sun Microsystems' database division says MySQL will remain an open source product.....



Linux and OSS Keep Stirring Up the Sub-Notebook Market

News is swirling this week about new forms of competition in the market for sub-notebook computers, and open source is driving change in this space--especially in terms of price competition. As I wrote before, Linux-based laptops are going through a renaissance at the moment, especially driven by the $400 Asus Eee PC. These small, useful systems are moving from the VIA chips they were based on to Intel's Diamondville CPUs. Everex's $399 Linux-based Cloudbook laptops are also generating buzz. Now, Hewlett-Packard has a new entrant in the space, with its diminutive Mini-Note, aimed at shoolchildren.


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