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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 8th Dec 2009 00:48 UTC, submitted by Yama

We've seen a lot of reports going back and forth about whether or not Linux is doing well in the netbook space. As it turns out, research firm ABI Research as well as Dell say about one third of their machines ship with Linux pre-installed - which is pretty darn impressive.

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RE[2]: Arn't linux netbooks a little cheaper though?

by Anon on Wed 9th Dec 2009 09:45 UTC in reply to "RE: Arn't linux netbooks a little cheaper though?"

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2006-01-02

Because Windows XP makes a great little O/S to run on a netbook....

Don't run as Admin, turn the FW, don't use IE. Done. Safe from Malware and with the benefit of having access to an absolute plethora of Win32 apps you can stuff around with on the bus. Beats playing with a Xterm session, or being forced to simply 'surf the internet' because lets face it, other than that, there's not a great ecosystem of DECENT applications under Linux.

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RE[3]: Arn't linux netbooks a little cheaper though?

by lemur2 on Wed 9th Dec 2009 11:05 in reply to "RE[2]: Arn't linux netbooks a little cheaper though?"

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