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More fiddling on the Asus EEE 901, and more confirmation on why Linux really isn’t yet ready for the mainstream.

You may recall that the EEE comes with either Windows XP (which needs little introduction) or a custom build of Xandros which I jokingly call “My First Fisher Price Computer.”

You can categorize most GNU/Linux distributions as either community or commercial. Community-based distributions like Debian, Fedora, or CentOS are maintained largely by volunteers and donations of services or money, while commercial distributions like Suse, Red Hat, or Xandros are backed by a company and compete directly against proprietary operating systems such as Windows and OS X.

Xandros is preparing to release the business edition of their popular Linux desktop distribution.

This seems to be exciting news. I was a little disappointed that other netbooks/laptops were shipping less popular linux versions (Linpus, Xandros, ...).It is great that Toshiba goes after the biggest market by introducing Ubuntu on its notebook.Unfortunately this seems UK only, but where is their ideastorm so we can propel this to other countries.

Linux XP is a strange beast. From what I gather it tries very hard to emulate the look and feel of Microsoft Windows in order to make the transition to Linux easier to the Microsoft-familiar.

That is an admirable goal shared by some rather successful commercial entities like Xandros. Apparently with this release, Linux XP is more like ..

TechNewsWorld: "Xandros, which bought Linspire in July, won't release a new commercial version of the Linspire Linux distribution.

Furthermore, Freespire, the free version of Linspire, will be based on the Debian code base rather than Ubuntu, as it has been in the past."

Internet News looks at Dell's new Inspiron Mini 9 sub-notebook.

"Except for a keyboard that omits the usual row of function keys above the number row, the Mini's specs match several of its competitors'.

A glossy 8.9-inch display with 1,024x600 resolution shows most Web pages with no need for horizontal scrolling.

Under the hood are Intel's Atom N270, a 1.6GHz one-core processor with 2MB of Level 2 cache, and GMA 950 integrated-graphics chipset.

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Xandros, which acquired Linspire and its Freespire Linux distribution in July, has said it will return the operating system to its roots by basing the next version on Debian.