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 ...

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.

I say the Linux netbook was rubbed out by Microsoft with an Intel chip in the CFO's office. Written by Steven Vaughan-Nichols, Senior Contributing Editor June 24, 2011, 4:51 a.m. PT ...

A Linux-based netbook incurs no “Windows tax” and the overall price is reduced as a result. At first, netbooks seemed like they were going to do the incredible: take Linux mainstream.

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.

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.

Our internal research has shown that the return of netbooks is higher than regular notebooks, but the main cause of that is Linux. People would love to pay $299 or $399 but they don’t know what ...

Early netbooks were Linux-based and featured barebones hardware configurations, but Microsoft Corp., Redmond, Wash., now allows PC makers to sell more powerful Windows XP-based versions that come ...

Ironically, the netbook market would not have existed without Linux. In an age where most hardware manufacturers are looking to multi-core, 64-bit systems ASUS dared bring out the 7” ASUS Eee ...

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.

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 ...