The sparsely populated floor at Linuxworld was a disappointment, but netbooks made an impact at this year’s show, a sign that these lightweight machines may bring the Linux OS to a larger audience.

Most all readers will be well aware of the ASUS Eee Linux PC. Other vendors now seek to achieve similar success, the latest being Acer’s Linpus device. Yet, a common complaint is that traditional ...

While ARM-based netbooks could represent an opportunity for Linux to make more desktop inroads, Novell is not yet interested in putting its Suse Linux on the platform A year ago, netbooks were viewed ...

When the concept of a netbook was initially brought to market, it was usually pitched as a very portable device that was able to remove much of the cost involved in hardware and software. The software ...

Now that Windows 7 is out the door, Canonical -- the distributor of rival Linux-based operating system Ubuntu -- is eager to engage in "real head-to-head competition" with Microsoft, according to ...