Both MSI—a leading netbook PC OEM—and Canonical—the vendor supporting the commercial distribution of Ubuntu Linux—stated publicly they saw Linux return rates 4 times higher than Windows ...

Dell currently offers Ubuntu Linux version 8.04 with the Mini 10v netbook, which is being upgraded to the latest 9.04 version -- code-named Jaunty Jackalope -- in the next few weeks.

However, it seems the truth is that Linux netbooks see far more returns than their Windows equivalents, and–according to research firm NPD–about 96% of netbooks sold recently ran Windows.

Some users seem to buy Linux-based netbooks without fully realizing what they're buying, Carr said. "Some people are misbuying, and then they send it back because it's not Windows," he said.

As this is the holiday season, and things are slow, I have finally taken the time to follow up on some very good advice that Jake gave me, and learn to produce blog entries with pictures. Of ...

Nobody Loves Netbooks Today there are a limited number of actual netbooks for sale. Most still come with Windows while there are some options running Linux, but one thing they all have in common is ...

Acer Inc. and Asustek Computer Inc., which together account for 90 percent of the netbook market, are using the rival Linux software on about 30 percent of their low-cost notebooks. But that was then.

The netbook features a 7 inch, 800 x 480 pixel display, 256MB of RAM, 2GB of internal storage, 3 USB ports, Ethernet, WiFi, and an audio jack. It has an 1800mAh battery which is only good for a ...

The game is over. Back in November, I had written that Linux accounted for about 30 percent of all netbook sales. I based that number on a report by Bloomberg which said this: ...

However, netbooks running Linux (including Ubuntu) do not support iTunes, and that means no iPod or iPhone support. "ITunes itself doesn't work on Ubuntu, but you can use emulators," says Kenyon.

Netbooks are neither mobile phones nor standard laptops, and there is ongoing development to improve the Linux experience for netbook users, said Stormy Peters, executive director of the Gnome ...