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First Netbook Running Moblin Version 2 is Set to Arrive

As Slashdot, Moblin Zone, and ZDNet UK are reporting, the very first netbook preinstalled with Moblin version 2 for Netbooks is likely to launch next week, very probably at Intel's Developer Forum (IDF) in San Francisco, or at Portland's LinuxCon. ZDNet UK did an interview with Imad Sousou, head of Intel's Open Source Technology Center, in which he implied as much. Sousou has also confirmed that Moblin version 2 will be made widely available after that, with many new features.

While Microsoft's Windows 7, due in October, is going to be aggressively pushed in the netbook space, Moblin will join Ubuntu and Google's upcoming Chrome OS in the effort to keep innovative open source operating systems going in the fast-growing netbook space. Intel has handed stewardship of Moblin over to The Linux Foundation, which could help its chances. Netbooks represent an important frontier for open source adoption and innovation, and I have my own guess at who will be shipping the first Moblin v2 netbook.



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?Boxee raises $6 million, announces other deals. The company behind the well-liked open source media center app is on a roll.

Investor reveals secret to $1.6 billion in open source success. VC Peter Fenton has spurred on four big open-source sales--JBoss ($350 million), Zimbra ($350 million), XenSource ($500 million), and SpringSource ($420 million).

If you have a proprietary partner is it still open source? Jaspersoft and Talend are teaming with two proprietary vendors to deliver a business intelligence solution for clouds.

Hands on with SUSE Studio. Novell's service allows you to create your own Linux distro respin using nothing more than a web browser.

Consider Linux for secure online banking. Because it isn't a big target for hackers, and for other reasons, it's an ideal platform.

A Moblin netbook by this fall? The first netbook pre-installed with the Moblin v2 operating system technology may reach market in October--on Asus' Seashell system.



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Doctor Who meets open source. Peter Murray-Rust explains how the open chemistry group known as the Blue Obelisk has evolved what he calls the Doctor Who Model of Open Source.

What is the best Linux distribution for beginners? Linux Mint has quite a lot going for it.

Recording music with Linux on an EEE PC. This tutorial will show you how to install and setup a linux recording environment on your EEE PC or other netbook.

Will Google Wave reshape enterprise IT? Within enterprise IT departments, starved for compelling ways to collaborate on application development, it could have a big impact.

How much do desktops matter? Jim Zemlin of the Linux Foundation insists they don?t.



ASUS Delivers a Sexy Netbook, But is it Ditching Linux?

In conjunction with the CompuTex tradeshow, ASUS has announced a new Seashell line of netbooks, with larger screens and a whole lot of battery life. The 1101HA (shown) has an 11.6-inch display with 1366 x 768 resolution. There is a 160GB hard drive, and the company offers 10GB of online Eee storage. The new netbook comes with 1GB of RAM, has a Z-series Intel Atom chip, and ASUS is claiming it gets a whopping 11 hours of battery life. That's hard to believe given the size of the display.

ASUS is making other announcements at CompuTex too. It's not clear, though, how committed the company remains to shipping Linux-based systems.



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24 open source apps for Asus netbooks. Good tools for Windows and Linux systems.

Apache better than GPL for open source business? What's the optimal license for commercial open source projects?

Linux fast-boot tech targets Windows users. Xandros' Presto utility can power up Windows notebooks and netbooks in seconds.

ReactOS improves its open source Windows clone. The operating system's server version has a very low memory footprint.

Mandriva Linux 2009 Spring is available. It features excellent hardware compatibility and the KDE 4.2 desktop environment.



HP Is Putting SUSE Linux on Business Notebooks: A Good Sign?

Today, Hewlett-Packard--the world's number one PC vendor--has announced a new line of notebook computers called ProBooks, with one shown here. The systems fall into the prosumer space (professional/consumer) and are bigger and more fully stocked than most netbooks. Notably, HP is offering SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 as an operating system choice on the ProBooks, in addition to Windows Vista and XP. HP's arch-rival Dell is also continuing to ship portable computers with Linux installed, and is seeing many users satisfied with Linux. Can Linux remain a fixture on portable systems?


Why Netbooks Are an Enduring Hardware Category

Dana Blankenhorn has an interesting item up about netbooks, reacting to a post from Royal Pingdom which cites applications for netbooks that are very much like applications for smartphones. The Royal Pingdom folks cite wardriving from the loo, and checking competitive prices outside shops as emerging netbook applications. I agree with Blankenhorn that smartphones are fine for many of these applications, but after using a couple of netbooks for more than a year now, I see them as an important category that fits between smartphones and laptops.


Hardware Makers Are Reportedly Moving Closer to Android Netbooks

We've reported on successful efforts to run the Android OS on netbooks and e-ink devices, and on how Android may ultimately be more successful on these platforms than on phones. Among other developments on this front, Qualcomm is running Android on its Snapdragon chipset designed for netbooks and mobile Internet devices. (Another Qualcomm chip powers the G1 Android phone.) Now, in a post called One Step Closer to the Google Linux Desktop, Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols is analyzing reports that Hewlett-Packard, ASUS, and other computer makers are in talks with Google about putting Android on netbooks.



Android Spreading Out to Netbooks, and E-Ink Devices

Although it is still early enough in development that it may not become a shipping product, Asus has confirmed that it has been developing a netbook based on Google's Android platform. Asus' Eee PC division lead, Samson Hu, told Bloomberg that engineers are working on a possible end-of-year release window. We've written before about Cupcake, a version of Android that is friendly to non-phone devices, and there have already been successful efforts putting Cupcake on netbooks. With netbooks all the rage now, Asus is also very focused on lowering netbook costs, even heading for the $200 range. This latest news is good for both Android and Asus.


Netbooks Fuel Good PC Market News, Says IDC

Market research firm IDC has just produced the results of its global analysis of PC buying trends, and the overall news is good--with low-cost netbook portable systems making a significant contribution around the world. We've covered the netbook phenomenon widely. Significant numbers of these (often, though not always Linux-based) machines are moving, and changing usage habits. Even the title of the IDC report reflects their impact on the overall market: PC Market Continues To Resist Economic Pressures With A Boost From Low Cost Portable PCs. ? Here are the numbers, and why this trend is great for open source.