{"id":13118,"date":"2010-08-05T13:57:59","date_gmt":"2010-08-05T11:57:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=13118"},"modified":"2010-08-05T13:58:52","modified_gmt":"2010-08-05T11:58:52","slug":"where-did-all-the-linux-netbooks-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2010\/08\/05\/where-did-all-the-linux-netbooks-go\/","title":{"rendered":"Where did all the Linux netbooks go?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Adam Williamson asks the question<\/a> after doing a bit of research across several major vendors and online shops.<\/p>\n

where the hell did all the Linux netbooks go? In 2007 you couldn\u2019t buy a netbook with Windows; in 2008 to 2009 you could still walk into a big box store just about anywhere and pick from a few with Linux; now, you can buy one from one store in England with an Android dual boot, one from a hidden page on Ubuntu\u2019s site with an inferior configuration to its equally-priced Windows equivalent, and one from a very well hidden bit of HP\u2019s site with a $132 premium over its identically-specified Windows equivalent.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I am not a big expert in this matter, but I tend to agree with some of his conclusions:<\/p>\n

the cynical side of me can come up with a lot of explanations as to where all those pre-loads went, and all of them involve large amounts of money going out of Microsoft bank accounts<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And I think that’s pretty reasonable. \u00a0After the netbook market is different from the desktop one. \u00a0In the desktop world, Linux has a number of ongoing problems, such as office applications, games, and so on and so forth. \u00a0But most netbooks aren’t powerful enough to run those applications. \u00a0Their primary use is of a simple Internet device – browsing the web, reading email, chatting, etc. \u00a0And for this purpose, the operating system is pretty much irrelevant. \u00a0Most of these tasks are done in the browser. \u00a0And browser-wise Linux is rich – Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Opera, and more.<\/p>\n

So, how come all these netbooks are now selling with Windows and not Linux. \u00a0It can’t be just Microsoft Internet Explorer. \u00a0After all, most end users don’t even know what the browser is<\/a>. \u00a0There must be another reason. \u00a0And probably it’s not a technical reason. \u00a0And as Adam says, it must be some of those reasons that involve large amounts of money going out of Microsoft bank accounts.<\/p>\n

If you have any other ideas, please do share via comments.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

Adam Williamson asks the question after doing a bit of research across several major vendors and online shops. where the hell did all the Linux netbooks go? In 2007 you couldn\u2019t buy a netbook with Windows; in 2008 to 2009 you could still walk into a big box store just about anywhere and pick from … Continue reading Where did all the Linux netbooks go?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,6,62],"tags":[1968,1470,1290,2076],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-13118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-linux","category-technology","tag-business","tag-laptops","tag-marketing","tag-microsoft"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12049,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2009\/12\/10\/linux-on-netbooks-distribution-question\/","url_meta":{"origin":13118,"position":0},"title":"Linux on netbooks : distribution question","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"December 10, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Linux on netbooks is becoming a hot subject recently. \u00a0There are more and more netbooks sold, and more and more of them are coming with Linux. \u00a0Or are being used to try Linux out. \u00a0Netbooks are small and often cheap devices which makes them affordable and even ... expendable. \u00a0So\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "All"","block_context":{"text":"All","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":16508,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2012\/07\/17\/valve-launches-the-linux-blog\/","url_meta":{"origin":13118,"position":1},"title":"Valve launches the Linux blog","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"July 17, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Valve, a well-known game development company, has launched the Linux blog. \u00a0Apparently, there are quite a few efforts taken to port games to Linux. 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