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> Remember the netbook craze? They put linux on there, but they didn't start to sell in volume until they replaced it with windows. Those were gimp versions (d
by noinsight 13y ago
> Remember the netbook craze? They put linux on there, but they didn't start to sell in volume until they replaced it with windows.
Those were gimp versions (distributions) of Linux though. We haven't seen what happens with a properly supported straight-up Ubuntu or such full-featured desktop.
- Joeri 13y agoThey weren't gimped from the perspective of the desktop, just from the perspective of a programmer. They ran all the same apps, in a UI optimized for netbooks, with a simple easy store app to download additional software. A straight-up Ubuntu wouldn't be that much nicer for a "typical" user in my opinion.