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 ...

I'm thinking about buying my 5 year old son a netbook for Christmas. He really likes playing games on my Mac and iPad, so I think he would do well with his own computer. What I need is a netbook with ...

Jolicloud 1.0 is a new edition of Linux aimed at non-technical netbook users, described this way by its makers: “[It] is not a traditional OS. It was built for netbook users to leverage the Cloud and ...

So I have been wanting for quite awhile now a small notebook/netbook to take with me and experiment with. In my work I do a lot of stuff with configuring routers for security and will soon be testing ...

Asus plans to start shipping the Eee PC X101 netbook in September. First introduced in May, the X101 will be one of the cheapest 10 inch netbooks ever to hit the market. The netbook has a 1.33 GHz ...

Canonical on Thursday updated its Linux distribution for netbooks, simplifying the interface and adding new programs that the company says will make it easier for users to access and use Web content.

Intel has expanded the scope of Linux-based Moblin by porting the OS from netbooks to mobile devices and desktops, where it could compete with Microsoft’s Windows OS. The company introduced a beta ...

Mandriva was one of the first Linux distributions to attempt to build support for netbook hardware into the standard operating system. Instead of downloading and installing a custom version of ...

Less bloat, more fumbling. While Linux offers more control than Windows, that control comes with a bigger time and energy ...

U.S. computer buyers will only be offered Windows XP on Lenovo's new IdeaPad, not the option of the Linux OS like customers in other parts of the world People in most markets Lenovo serves, including ...

Got an ancient laptop or desktop lying around? Here's how to transform an old PC into an NAS, experiment with a new OS, build ...