Apparently Linux for netbooks isn’t quite as dead as I thought. Earlier this week Asus introduced a new 10 inch mini-laptop that will ship this year with MeeGo Linux. And now Canonical has announced ...

Sell-through and no hassles. What Taiwanese OEMs want from Linux, in other words, is just what they get from Microsoft. Sell-through. Support that will get the product off the shelf. As I've said ...

It wasn’t even three-years ago that Asus took the concept of a cheap, small notebook and turned it into a revolution: the Linux-powered netbook. Today, netbooks continue to sell well. Indeed, Linux ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the exciting intersection of Linux and handheld gaming. In the long tradition of scary codenames for such attacks, ...

While I might sound critical I don't blame the author. My main issue is with the positioning of the article. This is a great article for Ubuntu 20.04 beta on Asus Zephyrus. It is however not accurate ...

Asustek is preinstalling Canonical’s Ubuntu operating system for the first time in some netbooks to target the Linux market, Canonical said Thursday. Dell is the only other major PC vendor to pre-load ...

Last month computer maker Asus promised to begin offering netbooks and notebooks with Ubuntu Linux instead of Microsoft Windows. Now it looks like the company is beginning to follow through on that ...

Asus is to embed a lightweight, instant-on version of Linux called "Splashtop" into all its motherboards, following good feedback from customers. On Wednesday, DeviceVM, the company behind the ...

Last October, I covered my first motherboard for Webware: the Asus P5E3 Deluxe/WiFi-AP (check out the video). It was a Webware story since it was, at the time, the only motherboard to ship with ...

If the ASUS Eee 900 basically amounted to a larger-screened version of the 7-inch original, then the Eee 901 marks its graduation into a distinct model. Packing Intel's latest 1.6GHz Atom N270 ...

At long last, Ubuntu is being offered as the pre-installed OS on a form factor that has never been Microsoft's strongest suit. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new ...

Asus has apparently altered the underlying Linux kernel in their new and popular eeePC. As per the Linux General Public License, they are required to provide the necessary source code for any such ...