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 ...

When new, the netbook came with Windows 7 Starter Edition, which [Igor] replaced with Ubuntu Netbook Remix 10.04, which was its own adventure, but the netbook worked well and got dragged around the ...

ASUS has announced the release of the new Eee PC 901 and the reduced prices of the previous 701 and 900 models. The 901 is the third-generation Eee PC and the first to sport Intel’s Atom processor, ...

Asus expects to ship around 3 million Windows Eee PCs this year, even though the Windows laptop costs nearly twice as much as the cheapest Linux model Asustek Computer (Asus) predicts the Eee PC it ...

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 ...

It looks like a toy, but this Linux mini-notebook has inspired a growing community of hardware mod devotees. During the 2007 holiday season, there was another small, white and cheap tech device that ...