Intel's OS for netbooks makes alpha debut
INTEL HAS proved itself to be pretty good at building netbook platforms, so it's decided to have a go at building netbook software too.
Most thightops sold today come with either a Linux-flavoured operating system (OS) or, for those prepared to splash out some extra cash for Bill's retirement fund, Windows XP. But with Windows 7 on the way, Intel is proving a little impatient waiting for XP to fizzle out gracefully, and is coming out with its own Linux based OS - Moblin.
Sounding more like a creature from Lord of The Rings than an OS, Moblin has neared the end of its first quest, reaching alpha release this week. Chipzilla is now reaching out to adventurous hobbits with Intel CPUs capable of running SSE3 who want to download the free alpha version and test it out.
Just some of the features Intel is interested in hearing user feedback on are the core Linux O/S itself, boot process, inter-process, and package interactions as well as the new 'Fastboot' feature.
The chip giant is also encouraging users to have a fiddle with its new and unfortunately named ConnMan connectivity manager, Moblin Image Creator (MIC2), Xserver 1.6 (with DRI2) and Moblin Core Components including Clutter and all other UI development tools.
Brave downloaders be warned, though, the UI is apparently still undergoing some heavy duty development and, yes, 3D performance is known to be slow.
Intel reckons it has already tested Moblin Alpha 2 on a plethora of notebooks including the Acer Aspire One, Dell Mini 9 and the Asus Eee 901. Now it's your turn. µ
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moblin and connman. core i7. why core i7? no reason, say intel. intel's flair for names knows no bounds lol
A moblin is actually a creature from Zelda
http://zelda.wikia.com/wiki/Moblin
the mainstream Nehalem derivative Lynnfield will be called core i5, so i7 makes sense. I'm guessing Havendale will be called i3 and i7, i5 and i3's 32nm shrinks will be probably called i8, i6 and i4. That's just my guess though, but Lynnfield is i5 for sure. You can see that in the many early previews that have turned up on various sites. cpu-z identifies Lynnfield as i5.
Reminds me of a name they'd give to a bathroom suite.
I'm not beyond believing that this is intentional.
"flair for names"
How about Mob-ile Lin-ux.
I'd be tempted to try out Intel's Netbook Linux OS except for that fact that I've got Windows 7 Beta running on my Acer Aspire One 8GB SSD version.
Intel is such a big company and this is all they can produce?
God it must be crisis in the USA :-)
So this OS from Intel has SSE3 support? Excellent. now i will be able to transcode movies on my netbook way faster... should cut the time down from 24 hours to 23!!! Woohoo!! I love you Intel!
I wonder how stable this operating system will be once we start overclocking with it?
I am tempted to try my ASUS 1005HA netbook with it now! http://bit.ly/44CHFm