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Linux for Housewives. XP for Geeks.

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"The computer proletariat is rising up--and computing will never be the same. Tiny, sub-$500 'netbooks' like the Asus Eee are the hottest thing going in notebooks today. And some surprising things are happening. Like housewives on Linux.

"Asus is forecasting worldwide shipments of 10 million 7 to 10 inch screen netbooks this year! And a billion in 2018..."

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