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Laptop Magazine talked to MSI's Director of US Sales, Andy Tung about the future of netbooks. Tung discussed future netbook sales and releases -- and presented the statistic that Linux-based netbooks are four times more likely to be returned.
jkOnTheRun reasons that this isn't terribly surprising. Considering the low price of Linux netbooks, and their rarity at larger retailers that might allow new users to kick the tires, it seems that many new users leap, then look.
The return rate of Linux netbooks is pertinent to both netbook manufacturers and Linux users, and is not limited to FOSS acceptance -- or the bottom line.
Huge price drops for Asus Eee PC netbooks.....
Using virtual desktops in Linux.....
Firefox extensions for improved download management.....
Many more useful Firefox extensions.....
Can Google Chrome build an ecosystem?.....
Matt Asay: Digg uses Firefox to extend its reach worldwide. This looks like a good Firefox extension that adds web-wide Digg notifications. And it comes from Digg's Kevin Rose. For many more useful Firefox extensions, see our superguide....
The Open Source Census shows that half of PCs in a giant survey contained free open source software. There is a good slideshow about the results here.....
Is Google trying to push more of its applications into Netbooks (such as the sub-$400 Asus Eee PC laptops)?.....
Speaking of Asus' Eee PC laptops, they're now on sale at Target for $299 and $349.....
Funambol has enhanced its native open source wireless sync app for iPhone 2.0. The software is free and open source, unlike Apple's MobileMe service.....
New version of OpenOffice fixes critical bug.....
PCMag.com has a nice, step-by-step primer on dual-booting Linux and Windows XP on an Asus EeePC 900 laptop.....
Does Sun's SOA strategy really get open source?.....
There appears to be no stopping the success Asus is having with its Eee PC subnotebooks. The company is forecasting this week that it will nearly double shipments of the svelte, low-cost machines in the second quarter. Shipments will rise to between 1.2 million to 1.3 million units, the company says, and it expects to move a whopping 5 million units this year. To put that in perspective, Asus shipped 350,000 units in the fourth quarter. Originally all Linux-based, the company will deliver a Windows-based Eee PC in early May. Can we expect the Linux versions to stick around?
