The sparsely populated floor at Linuxworld was a disappointment, but netbooks made an impact at this year’s show, a sign that these lightweight machines may bring the Linux OS to a larger audience.

There’s been a lot of talk — including from me — that Linux is hurting Microsoft because of its big market share in netbook sales. But recent figures from the research firm NPD Group show that it’s a ...

Desktop Linux can often be a great choice for revitalizing old hardware, but some hardware is still too old. Not even Debian with a lightweight desktop environment could make my 2009 netbook a usable ...

In an effort to expand its Linux offerings, Dell is researching new netbook-type devices and will soon offer netbook Linux operating system upgrades, a company official said on Wednesday. The company ...

When the concept of a netbook was initially brought to market, it was usually pitched as a very portable device that was able to remove much of the cost involved in hardware and software. The software ...

A new Linux netbook based on Moblin will be introduced this week, and it may represent a new way that the Linux community is approaching the mass market. Leaders at the first Linuxcon Conference in ...

Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. The early days of the netbook were happy ones for Linux advocates, who saw the new platform as the ...

While ARM-based netbooks could represent an opportunity for Linux to make more desktop inroads, Novell is not yet interested in putting its Suse Linux on the platform A year ago, netbooks were viewed ...

Now that Windows 7 is out the door, Canonical -- the distributor of rival Linux-based operating system Ubuntu -- is eager to engage in "real head-to-head competition" with Microsoft, according to ...