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Dell releases ‘Latitude ON’ alternative Linux OS for laptops

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 29, 2009

“Designed as a stand-alone OS built around a Linux kernel and
powered by its own ARM chip, Latitude ON stretches the life of a
notebook’s battery from hours to days by sidestepping Windows
entirely.

“Codenamed ‘Blacktop’, because it aimed to give laptops the same
fast functionality as a BlackBerry when it comes to tasks such as
email (‘Blacktop’ is of course a portmanteau of ‘BlackBerry’ and
‘laptop’), today sees the full version of Latitude ON makes its
debut.

“It’s loaded onto the new Latitude Z and available as an
optional $249 upgrade to the Latitude E4200and E4300
notebooks.”


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Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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