Linked by Henry on Thu 17th Sep 2009 18:51 UTC
The first netbook preinstalled with Moblin v2 for Netbooks will launch next week, possibly at Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, or else the Linux Foundation's LinuxCon in Portland. Then, within the next couple of weeks, the Moblin Project will release the first stable release of the Moblin v2 Linux distribution, which began beta testing in May. Will Linux prove a viable alternative to Windows 7 on the low-powered, low-cost computing devices released for this holiday season? We should know pretty soon.
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RE: i like what they're trying to do but...
by Luminair on Fri 18th Sep 2009 02:11
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It's a great idea, and they're definately trying to take the OS into a different direction and away from the (IMO pointless) desktop metaphor.
however, having played with moblin already, I think it's just too restricted. Moblin decides what it thinks you might do most often with your netbook. For everything else... well it's just not that easy.
I'll keep watching this, and keep checking in, but ATM, moblin just isn't for me. (although I think my Mum might love it's simplicity)