Thu 24 May 2012 | 
Would you actually use a netbook with Intel's Moblin 2.0 OS
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Enlarge textIntel's Moblin 2.0 OS is designed specifically for netbooks, and marks the first time Matt Buchanan has ever been tempted to utter "wow" and "netbook" in the same sentence. Just watch.
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It's completely re-designed from the original Moblin, which was way more Linux-y. It's not just really modern and awesome looking, it seems like the first OS and UI really designed just for netbooks. And it makes a lot of sense for netbooks to get their own OS and interface: Every hardware platform - which you can basically break down by screen size and input method, from desktop/laptop to mobile-works best with an OS and UI designed for it. It's why the iPhone OS, Android and Pre (theoretically) work so well when full-blown Windows running on UMPCs doesn't - they're designed to be mobile OSes, not simply a desktop OS stuffed onto a phone. See what happens when the people who make the chips make the operating system.
http://gizmodo.com/5261664/id-actually-use-a-netbook-with-intels-moblin-20-os?autoplay=true
http://moblin.org
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