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Moblin V2.0 Beta For Netbooks and Nettops

Posted by kdawson on from the get-your-mobility-on dept.

superbubba writes "The Moblin steering committee is happy to release the Moblin v2.0 beta for netbooks and nettops for developer testing. With this release, developers can begin to experience and work with the source code of the visually rich, interactive user interface designed for Intel Atom based netbooks."

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  1. Digg? by jginspace · · Score: 4, Insightful

    So kdawson's attempting to Slashdot Digg huh? What's wrong with the actual link?

  2. Re:Significance? by Sounder40 · · Score: 3, Insightful
    I think Intel backing a Windows alternative is very significant for all the reasons as cited by Bob Cringely. I counted on Linux and even Apple to push Windows out, but Linux is too vague of a platform (Ubuntu? Fedora? SuSE? KDE? Gnome?) and Apple turns out to be every bit as evil as Microsoft. Of course, you could argue that Intel's anti-competitive past doesn't bode well for Moblin, and I think you would be right.

    So I will choose to disagree with you that a Moblin beta release is a minor thing. I hope that we get more choices and not fewer. Something needs to do it for the sake of freedom.

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    A clever person solves a problem, A wise person avoids it. -Einstein