Comments on: Intel’s Newest Atom CPU Is Already Splitting http://gigaom.com/mobile/intels-newest-atom-cpu-is-already-splitting/ Sun, 27 May 2012 08:45:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Eas http://gigaom.com/mobile/intels-newest-atom-cpu-is-already-splitting/#comment-417947 Tue, 12 May 2009 17:27:42 +0000 http://jkontherun.com/?p=35355#comment-417947 I think Intel as a whole could care less about whether Moblin makes a dent in netbook OS market share. They want netbook OSs to be cheap and useful because every dollar that doesn’t go to an OS vendor is money that could go to driving netbook volume, through either price cuts or marketing.

Moblin helps in that regard because it shows how to make Linux easy for OEMs to configure, quick to boot, and easy to use. If that pushes Ubuntu or some other Linux vendor to improve their product for netbooks, it’s a win for intel. Ubuntu was definitely influenced by Moblin in their latest netbook release. They borrowed from moblin to improve boot times.

Better Linux also puts pressure on Microsoft to keep Windows cheap and lean. Netbooks with XP wouldn’t be as cheap as they are (or even available) if MS wasn’t afraid of Linux gaining a foothold there.

Ubuntu is looking good on netbooks, that’s for sure. I installed it on an HP Mini, and I haven’t wanted to boot into XP for anything.

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