Open-source projects are often backed by talented coders, but I guess talented UX professionals don't like to work for free (or for donations), because, compared to commercial closed-source software, ...

There may be times when you are working in the Linux terminal and suddenly see the “can’t set the locale” error and see some mysterious characters like ...

A new Linux netbook based on Moblin will be introduced this week, and it may represent a new way that the Linux community is approaching the mass market. Leaders at the first Linuxcon Conference in ...

Vodafone has dismissed the preinstallation of Linux onto its netbooks, citing consumers' perception that netbooks are equivalent to laptops in their functionality. David Pollington, the operator's ...

As promised, Linux PC retailer ZaReason has added a 10 inch netbook to its lineup. At first glance, the Terra A20 looks like a pretty standard netbook. But because it ships with Linux instead of ...

Back in the day, Netbooks ran Linux and packed solid-state drives. But Windows XP and large hard disk drives have prevailed. Brooke Crothers writes about mobile computer systems, including laptops, ...

I can barely keep track of all the Linux netbook-related announcements from this week’s Computex trade show, and I follow this stuff for a living. So, I sat down and put together a list so I could a ...

In an effort to counter the growing dominance of Microsoft’s Windows OS in netbooks, Intel on Tuesday announced a beta version of a Linux OS it has developed for low-cost laptops and mobile devices.

FluxFlux-Se is a light weight Linux distribution based on PCLinuxOS. The developer has also released custom versions designed to work with Eee PC, MSI Wind, and Acer Aspire One netbooks. The original ...

A Microsoft blogger says that the Windows operating system has achieved dominance in the netbook market. The statistics, however, are less definitive. Canonical, the company behind the popular Ubuntu ...

Windows’ dominance extends to 96% of netbooks sold in the U.S. in February. Worldwide, three-quarters of the 15 million netbooks sold in 2008 came with Windows. But Linux, which now accounts for the ...