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HP strikes back on netbooks
VENDOR OF EXPENSIVE printer ink, HP has lifted the kimono on its cunning plans for netbooks.
Yesterday it announced a new Intel Atom netbook that will run HP's custom version of Linux and cost just $279 upon its debut.
The HP Mini 110 snubs the Moblin Linux operating system developed by Intel in favour of the Mobile Internet (Mi) desktop environment.
HP built this operating system on top of a Ubuntu Linux core all by itself and didn't need a responsible adult to oversee it with the scissors.
The Mi interface is a smartphone-like user interface and it seems that HP is trying to steal the march on Google's Android which is also being touted for use in netbooks.
Since Android is being advocated for use in China, with Guangzhou Skytone already having announced it will release a 1.5-pound, $250 Android netbook, HP has also got a cunning plan to do something there too.
HP said it was focusing on increasing market share in China and the Mini 110 seems to be the machine it is going to push.
But HP seems to be hedging its bets on the Mi, too. The Mini 110 will also ship with a Windows XP version, which will have a faster Intel Atom N270 1.6 GHz CPU.
However, since the Windows XP version will cost $50 more, observers speculate that it will be the Mi Linux version that will grace the streets of Beijing in larger numbers. µ
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is it possible to bloat linux to the point that it becomes slow and pointless?
We'll see I guess...
they don't need to bloat it, but I would enjoy a nice super dumbed down linux, with actual vendor support. Man that would be something. Maybe I'll just wait for that android netbook, that sounded even better
HP and software? You get the same result as when mixing a quart of their overpriced ink with a pound of their overpriced toner.
World-class muddle and mess. The Itanic in software. Enough GPFs to make Microsoft and nVidia look almost competent.
If HP actually wrote any code, and if it's GPL, the FSF may have to sue to prevent them from sharing it.
is it possible to bloat linux to the
point that it becomes slow and pointless?
Open Source is like Lego. Is it possible to build something bloated, slow and pointless with Lego? Yes it is, but you can't make it stick. Someone can always come along and pull it apart into something more sensible.
I suspect Canonical's demonstration of Android apps running on Ubuntu will be of some interest to HP. If Android app support could be added to HP's Ubuntu netbooks, HP would have an interesting alternative offering to the up-and-coming Android-only netbooks.