Netbooks spark Linux redesigns - Linux Links

News Sections

Home
General News (3972/0)
Reviews (626/0)
Press Releases (464/0)
Distributions (187/0)
Software (807/0)
Hardware (522/0)
Security (192/0)
Tutorials (337/0)
Off Topic (180/0)

User Functions

Don't have an account yet? Sign up as a New User

Events

There are no upcoming events

Netbooks spark Linux redesigns

Monday, August 11 2008 @ 03:58 PM EDT
Contributed by: sde

Netbooks made an impact at this year's Linuxworld, a sign that these lightweight machines may bring the Linux OS to a larger audience.

Crowds flocked the booths of companies like Canonical and Good OS, which showed off special versions of Linux designed for netbooks, low-cost laptops designed to run basic applications for web surfing and email.
The Linux versions have been redesigned to work properly with netbooks, which are characterised by limited computing resources, lightness and small screen sizes.
Read more

[ Views: 1084 ]

Netbooks spark Linux redesigns | 0 comments | Create New Account

The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. This site is not responsible for what they say.

No user comments.

What's Related

More by sde

More from Hardware

Story Options

Mail Story to a Friend

Printable Story Format

We have written a range of guides highlighting excellent free books for popular programming languages. Check out the following guides: C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, CoffeeScript, HTML, Python, Ruby, Perl, Haskell, PHP, Lisp, R, Prolog, Scala, Scheme, and SQL.