Comments on: Linux loses more netbook market share

By: Linux Regaining Market Share of Netbooks fast. | SGLNX

Linux Regaining Market Share of Netbooks fast. | SGLNX — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 01:53:24 +0000

[...] Linux Is Regaining Netbook Market Share Quickly Earlier this year, there were many reports that linux operating systems was losing market share of netbooks. [...]

By: wyscj

wyscj — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:05:50 +0000

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By: Ok...

Ok... — Thu, 07 May 2009 01:13:28 +0000

Bullshit.

By: Linuxthebest

Linuxthebest — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:29:31 +0000

@ my name: you are too ignorant to accept the truth or just a moron. Windows still trying to solve technical problems that have been solved by Unix systems in mid 80s.

By: my name

my name — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 17:25:45 +0000

Sure, Linux is superior(TM)

You just keep telling yourself that, if it makes you sleep better.

By: Shantanu

Shantanu — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 06:41:47 +0000

Can you please share the links of the news that Indian government phases in Linux for all their computers…..really urgent….

By: Al Haupmann

Al Haupmann — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 06:15:50 +0000

Here in Australia it is the other way round, Linux comes more in Windows goes out a bit. I was fascinated by the idea that the Indian government phases in Linux for all their computers, running dual for a while before everything must be Linux.

By: Linux loses more netbook market share | Roman's knowledgebase

Linux loses more netbook market share | Roman's knowledgebase — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 19:39:29 +0000

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By: haris

haris — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 02:09:48 +0000

Total agreement. Here in Malaysia, netbooks running Linux are not readily available domestically – we'd have to import it. I am seriously considering getting one that comes with XP and wiping it to install Linux.

By: matt

matt — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 03:36:06 +0000

very sorry for the spelling errors. – I hate that!

By: Matt Marian

Matt Marian — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 03:34:01 +0000

Just bought a brand new asus eeepc 1000he , NOT because it has windows on it.
but it has 160 g hd, N networking, 9 hour battery . now it is true that it will come with XP.
but that's coming off immediately, will beta test moblin and use a variant of debian on it for real. so I may be skewing the data in favor of windows shipments , but my netbook will only run linux, as do all of my other copmuters including this desktop.
also my version of the asus was not offered with linux. not the EXACT version of the box.

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 17:39:45 +0000

Hmmm…I bought a Windows version eeepc, and installed eeebuntu on it. I made sure to get a netbook that supported this option easily, otherwise I would have gotten a Linux based system. The Windows users I know who bought, say, the Linpus powered AAOne, have raved about it's ease of use, but not all have been brave enough to switch to Linux goodness. If M$ gives away XP Licenses, I'll take one, but this doesn't mean I'm using Windows as my primary OS.

By: Stan

Stan — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 00:46:14 +0000

Not sure exactly what is going on, but there is something rotten, at least in the Asus Eee pc world. First, the eee pc comes with an incredibly limited and poor Linux in its modified Xandros. It just stinks. It doesn't install the software it is supposed to, software that is supposed to work with it doesn't, and the software you CAN get is very limited. So why use it?

Xandros is one of the Linux distros that capitulated to Microsoft and agreed to their little non agression pact like Suse did. But why is it so crippled? Could it be that this is done on purpose so that people would turn back to Microsoft? There is no reason for this. Linux can be a great experience, but if your first experience is in Asus Xandros, you won't likely use it for long! SOmething is going on. It doesn't pass the smell test.

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By: KimTjik

KimTjik — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 14:12:12 +0000

Even the Linux kernel can't do magic and transform an Atom CPU to become a Core 2 CPU. Just because Linux works better than Windows doesn't make these devices powerful beyond their hardware limits.

The issue here is more about having the wrong expectations and maybe not doing the kind of computing that works well with these devices. In my view, after having used one for 6 months, they're perfect in certain scenarios:
- excellent remote administration tool (ssh, rdesktop, you name it)
- a real computer that fits the size of even my elegant portfolio
- once more about remote use: it's perfect to manage different media solutions at home

So it more depends on whether they fill a need you have, not about being a replacement for a stationary or notebook computer. Personally I dislike notebooks, and hence prefer stationary computers with netbooks as a complement. For my use Windows would anyway be clumsy and miss to much of the software I need, so it's out of the question and have nothing to do with hardware specifications. It's similar to how I use what would be viewed as lightweight WM:s on my stationary computers, not because I need something lightweight, but because they're offering a better computing environment (Awesome is my choice for the moment; sometimes PekWM).