PaperBackPC: UMPC Runs Linux, Apple Possibly Getting Into The UMPC Game?

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"The Ultra Mobile PC, Microsoft's new ultra-ultra-portable personal computer, apparently has a few new tricks up its sleeve that Microsoft neglected to tell anyone. In their testing of a prototype UMPC, UMPCOrigami found that Samsung's engineers, awaiting the 'official' operating system from Microsoft, had taken matters into their own hands and installed Linux in Windows' place. Refusing to name the distribution used in the test, the team managed to proudly display Tux at 800 x 400 and loaded up the GNOME Desktop Environment with no trouble..."

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