Novell Enters the UMPC Linux Market

"In case there's anyone left out there who doesn't get that the UMPC (Ultra Mobile PC) is a big deal for the Linux desktop consider that arguably the most important business Linux desktop, Novell's SLED (SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop) 10 SP2) is now available on MSI's (Micro-Star International) new Wind Notebook.

"The Wind NB-Linux is what Intel would have us call a NetBook. It uses a 1.6-GHz Intel Atom microprocessor and comes with 512MBs of RAM and an 80-GB hard drive. For networking it uses 802.11b/g Wi-Fi and conventional Ethernet..."

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