[ Thanks to James
Maguire for this link. ]
“Linux may no longer have the largest share of the
netbook market, the way it did a couple of years ago. But you could
still say that if the community isn’t dominating in sales, it’s
taking the lead in interface choices.“Recently, everybody seems focused on the netbook market. The
communities that develop lightweight desktops like Xfce and LXDE or
nimble distributions like Slax are promoting their work as ideal
for netbooks. Debian has a project focused on tweaking the
distribution for netbooks, while Mandriva offers Sugar and Moblin
as netbook interfaces. The race is so competitive that some choices
are already dropped out of the running, such as the HP Mi Edition,
which a year ago was receiving rave reviews.“Who will win, place, or show in the netbook race is still
anybody’s guess. Currently, however, there are four main
competitors: the Plasma Netbook Interface, Easy Peasy, Chrome OS,
and Moblin.”