The reason why netbooks are increasing in its demand is because users are starting to prefer smaller and lighter notebooks to carry around.
There is another range of devices that is rising in popularity, probably not here in Singapore. But its presence can already be felt. The Mobile Internet Devices, aka MID, are handheld computers built around mobile processors such as the Atom or ARM CPU. It will usually have a 5 to 7 inch LCD touchscreen and can function somewhat like a PC.
Moblin, started as an alternative Operating System development project for Mobile Internet Devices (MID) and Netbooks (EEE,Wind,Aspire One) by Intel in 2007,whom wanted to build an open source OS around its Intel Atom low power processor.
In April 2009, Intel handed the project over to the Linux Foundation and since then, much development work has been done to deliver an interactive OS with rich visuals.
Moblin : Interactive OS with Rich Visuals
The v2.0 beta version is now publicly available for download and testing. Instructions for installing and booting on thumbdrive are here.
The current version delivers fast bootup and a somewhat complete user interface. Hardware compatibility is still worked on.
A mix of both positive and negative comments from users whom had tested the v2.0 beta image of Moblin.
If Ubuntu and Fedora is not your cup of GPL tea, you might want to consider trying out Moblin today!
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