OSNews Thread "RE: Comment by merkoth" by sfurbish

Linked by Jordan Spencer Cunningham on Wed 18th Mar 2009 23:54 UTC According to a Novel-sponsored IDC survey, Linux seems to be gaining popularity among businesses implementing servers, and it has a bright outlook for both server and desktop installations in the coming future. On the other hand, netbooks have seen less and less default OEM installations of Linux.

Windows now has over 90 percent of netbook sales, quashing any hopes of an open source revolution in the form of netbooks. Android, however, may be able to change things. To read all comments associated with this story, please click here. I did it myself as well. I would imagine that quite a few linux users were drawn in by the larger traditional hard drives and with a usb CD DVD drive installation is not that complicated for the moderate tech-able person. Didn't even boot the thing before I plugged-in a USB CD-ROM and installed Xubuntu in its place.

I know I'm not the only one. Count me in for my Asus 1000HE. It was the most bang for the buck. It is being delivered today, and my USB flash drive has Ubuntu 9.04 netbook remix ready to go. However, I will be dual-booting for awhile. Eventually I'll give XP the boot after I get everything working under Ubuntu. All Rights Reserved. OSNews and the OSNews logo are trademarks of OSNews. We are not responsible for them in any way.

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