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Moblin V2.0 Beta For Netbooks and Nettops 50

Posted by kdawson
from the get-your-mobility-on dept.
superbubba writes "The Moblin steering committee is happy to release the Moblin v2.0 beta for netbooks and nettops for developer testing. With this release, developers can begin to experience and work with the source code of the visually rich, interactive user interface designed for Intel Atom based netbooks."
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  • Digg? (Score:5, Insightful)

    by jginspace (678908) <jginspace@ y a hoo.com> on Tuesday June 30 2009, @02:36PM (#28532647) Homepage Journal
    So kdawson's attempting to Slashdot Digg huh? What's wrong with the actual link [moblin.org]?

  • Re:Significance? (Score:4, Insightful)

    by Sounder40 (243087) * on Tuesday June 30 2009, @03:43PM (#28533567)
    I think Intel backing a Windows alternative is very significant for all the reasons as cited by Bob Cringely [cringely.com]. I counted on Linux and even Apple to push Windows out, but Linux is too vague of a platform (Ubuntu? Fedora? SuSE? KDE? Gnome?) and Apple turns out to be every bit as evil as Microsoft. Of course, you could argue that Intel's anti-competitive past doesn't bode well for Moblin, and I think you would be right.

    So I will choose to disagree with you that a Moblin beta release is a minor thing. I hope that we get more choices and not fewer. Something needs to do it for the sake of freedom.

  • Re:WTF is a nettop? (Score:3, Insightful)

    by hairyfeet (841228) <bassbeast1968NO@SPAMgmail.com> on Tuesday June 30 2009, @07:13PM (#28536225) Journal

    Nope, wrong, that is the Netbook. The nettop is an underpowered desktop with no DVD player. Basically it is like you ripped the guts out of an Atom based netbook and stuffed it into a mac Mini box. except of course you actually get a drive with a mini.

    What I don't get is why folks would spend hundreds of $$$ on one. The Netbook I get, it is small and easy to carry, but the nettop? hell I paid a whole $50 for the 1.1Ghz Celeron with 512Mb of RAM I'm typing this on years ago, and it gets better performance that a nettop. Hey I can rip out the drive and I'll be hip and cool and happening and....wait...damn. According to my oldest I'm still old and creaky, I'm just power conscious as well as being old and creaky. Damn, just when i thought I might be hip again. Now get off my lawn!

La-dee-dee, la-dee-dah.