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Linux Evolves: Tablets, Smartphones, and TVs

Written By
SJV
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
Jun 3, 2010

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Vaughan-Nichols
for this link. ]

“Linux rules supercomputers. It’s vitally important to
servers. And, Linux is making gains on the desktop. Where Linux is
really going to shine in the next twelve months though is in
devices: tablets, smartphones, and TVs.

“For example, more than a dozen Apple iPad-like tablets made
their first appearance at the Computex computer show in Taipei,
Taiwan. The vast majority of these devices run Android Linux or
other embedded Linuxes such as the latest MeeGo embedded
Linux.”


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Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

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