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- Paranoidmarvin, on 07/03/2009, -0/+21Moblin is fantastic, a great concept with loads of potential.
Shame it's as buggy as the Amazon at the moment though - the8thbit, on 07/03/2009, -0/+18DirectX is a proprietary Microsoft API, so in order to use DirectX, you need to be using or emulating a Microsoft Windows environment.
- basex, on 07/03/2009, -0/+14it's always go to see innovation in the OS market.
- Zippo, on 07/03/2009, -1/+12Performs better on netbooks that Vista, sure... but it's certainly not built specifically for them. Windows is, and always has been, a jack of all trades and master of none.
- benbrooks101, on 07/03/2009, -0/+10wow this looks sweet, I used to use ubuntu on my netbook but I found that everything was just too... 'big'
It felt like it was meant for a desktop sized screen. This looks like it really uses the screen size well.
Windows 7 was a good OS on it, however the wireless problems I had were unbearable. - jsmithers, on 07/03/2009, -2/+12As a mobile industry consultant and developer who's written internet and mobile software and done pro studies of iPhone and Android and knows Symbian/S60 pretty well, I gotta say this (FTA) is totally true:
"Microsoft products just don't come close. It's laughable to even think they might. Microsoft is just too tied to the old-fashioned metaphors and ways of working, and could never have produced Moblin. Not in a million years. Technologies like Moblin are just one more nail in the coffin of the Redmond giant."
Those who don't think MS are about to get death by a thousand cuts, and by a thousand failures in the heap of sh1t that is Windows Mobile, are in for a shock. MS don't have a clue.
And yes, I know, this article isn't about mobile phones. Or is it? Nokia are about to produce a netbook, and Symbian/S60 is the best candidate. They have also just partnered with Intel for precisely this sort of thing in a new class of devices. And of course we all know Android is heading further into netbook territory.
The article on which OS was best on netbooks on Digg's frontpage yesterday said Win 7 was poor on netbooks, as was XP, and Ubuntu was best.
As netbooks and mobile phones replace all the functionality of both desktop PCs and laptops, and win the hearts and minds of consumers, Microsoft are in for a long walk off a short cliff. They have no answer, on any level.
As the big lumbering dinosaurs died out to be replaced by the nimble and adaptable mammals, so this is the fate awaiting the behemoth that is Micro$oft (apologies for any offence caused by my use of the $ sign - but let the truth be told).
Darwinian extinction, that's what's in store for the big M$. - syntaxgs, on 07/03/2009, -0/+10this a neat OS
- dazparkour, on 07/03/2009, -0/+9It's designed for NETBOOKS. You really cant expect Crysis?
- paulsmith288, on 07/03/2009, -0/+7wait til ARM CPUs are used - then good bye redmond.
Windows with no applications will be really successful!! - Angostura, on 07/03/2009, -0/+7Hopefully games designers will be persuaded to use OpenGL.
- thewisemonkey, on 07/03/2009, -6/+12"Technologies like Moblin are just one more nail in the coffin of the Redmond giant"
Yeah, Microsoft is dying out. It's not as if they are releasing a brand new OS any time soon that performs well on netbooks. - paulsmith288, on 07/03/2009, -0/+6you do realize this is done by Intel - they have very deep pockets.
However, they are in the business of selling hardware - so continuing the wintel alliance is could be more important. - MWeather, on 07/03/2009, -0/+5Try Ubuntu netboook edition.
- MarkSwanson, on 07/03/2009, -0/+5The author of this article lamented the lack of synchronization capability with Google. Here is some information about Moblin synchronization. Disclaimer: I'm the author of ScheduleWorld.
Moblin uses SyncEvolution (SyncML) to synchronize contacts, calendar, tasks, and notes. The latest standards for calendaring/scheduling/contacts (iCalendar 2.0, vCard 3.0) are used and this is a really good thing. The older open standards (iCalendar 1.0, vCard 2.1) had confusing RFCs and limited functionality which resulted in interoperability problems and clients with limited/boring features.
SyncEvolution and ScheduleWorld have been working really well together for several years to ensure the latest open standards formats sync as perfectly as possible. The Moblin developers at Intel have done a good job stress testing Moblin/SyncEvolution/ScheduleWorld integration and I believe the end result is excellent.
Once your data is in ScheduleWorld you can sync with a large number of software and devices including Google.
http://wiki.scheduleworld.com/wiki/ScheduleWorld_2 ...
Cheers. - 1iProd, on 07/03/2009, -0/+5They're far too lazy for that nowadays.
- linuxeventually, on 07/03/2009, -0/+5They should take some pointers from the Maemo project (powering the Nokia Internet Tablets - 770, N800, N810)
- inactive, on 07/03/2009, -0/+5Did you even read the submitter's description of the article?
- PinkyTheWinky, on 07/03/2009, -2/+7Buried for stupidity
- mrBitch, on 07/03/2009, -0/+4This bit re Virtual Desktop "zones" is also quite neat, FTA :
" .. the zone switching tool (which has its own toolbar button) lets you select between not only zones but also applications within a zone. If you've ever used any of Mac OS X's Spaces and Expose features, you'll already be aware of the overall concept." - linuxeventually, on 07/03/2009, -0/+4Open source FTW
- damack, on 07/03/2009, -0/+4The point isn't that Microsoft is dying the point is that you have a free operating system at your disposable tailor suited for netbooks as opposed to an operating system that adds a percentage of cost to the device and is not designed for the device at hand.
If Moblin provides people with the functions they require from a netbook as well or better than Windows 7 do you really think Moblin won't make a pretty big point? - geoken, on 07/03/2009, -0/+4"Moblin includes an actual email client, seemingly based on Evolution, and I found this astonishing. If you're still in the groove of downloading email to your computer in our modern age then you're doing it wrong. If you're downloading it to a portable computer designed to be a secondary computing device then you've definitely doing it wrong."
If you can't make your desktop client and gmail work seamlessly then I think you're the one doing it wrong. If you need to forsake indexed messages with instant find-as-you-type searching, drag and drop attachments, drag and drop contact management, and a host of other features because you can't figure out how to make evolutions read messages show up as read messages in gmail then you're probably not qualified to criticize anyone's level of tech-saviness. - trogdoor, on 07/04/2009, -0/+3Native direct3D on linux could eventually become a reality with Gallium.
- ushere, on 07/03/2009, -0/+3still waiting for beos update....
all this is very 'pretty' but also pretty much superfluous if i can't do what i need to do, and it certainly isn't twitter..... - dragossh, on 07/03/2009, -0/+3What programs would it run then?
- bashmohandesx, on 07/03/2009, -0/+3Or just surprise everyone and make Win7 run on ARM, it is not that hard
- actionsketch, on 07/03/2009, -0/+3I dunno, the severity of those bugs make it sound like it should be in alpha. Beta should be usable if buggy, but if it isn't useable... it should be alpha =P
- ak47ak47, on 07/03/2009, -1/+3that's why it's in beta.
please go smack yourself so i don't have to. - dragossh, on 07/03/2009, -0/+2Try Haiku.
- damack, on 07/03/2009, -0/+2I believe it is in beta stage or pre-beta. It isnt even at the RC level yet so it has a lot of work that needs to be done to it.
I think its an interesting concept though because so far we have been running operating systems on netbooks that are not designed for them. It doesn't matter how flexible an operating system is you can't really beat an operating system that has been designed to tailor suit a platform.
Assuming they get all the kinks worked out Moblin could be the best netbook OS out there. - Atomic1fire, on 07/04/2009, -0/+2you could just block the linux section on your digg account...
But no, you have to be lazy and critize what shows up in linux/unix (an obvious category on digg)
that's just like criticizing every sports article that comes up just because you don't like sports,
Do what I do, Block what you don't like, and leave everything you do like checked on your account - wiresjr, on 07/08/2009, -0/+1Played with it and loved it. Doesn't work on my eee901 yet though (due to being pre-beta).
- Atomic1fire, on 07/04/2009, -0/+1Well, They did reply to the Linux twitter account with a nice gesture http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/07/03/microsoft-and ... so anything can happen.
- MWeather, on 07/03/2009, -0/+1Beos was doomed the minute apple bought NeXT.
- supermanred, on 07/04/2009, -0/+1Nah that started when the first blue screen hit a user's screen. It's just a very slow death.
- thisthatwhat, on 07/03/2009, -1/+2I'm not saying I'm not for it... But I'll be waiting...
I'm sorry but it'll be like waiting for our dependence on gas powered vehicles to go away... - InvincibleQ, on 07/03/2009, -0/+1Not a fan of Microsoft or anything but they wont go quietly, they will still try and push Intel Atoms with Windows 7 off on people while everyone else switches to ARM cores which will have some fashion of a *nix OS.
- Sparkio, on 07/03/2009, -2/+3Just wait'll Microsoft pulls out their Master Sword.
(Seriously people - front page for 4 hours and no Zelda jokes? For shame) - Taiyoryu, on 07/03/2009, -0/+1FTA: They can forget the old-fashioned metaphor of the desktop interface that's been around since the 1970s. They can even abandon the file system concept. Instead, they can create an operating system quite simply geared-up for online activities. The computer becomes a gateway. It ceases to be an end in itself.
Sounds like gOS: http://www.thinkgos.com/ - vorjay, on 07/03/2009, -1/+2really? A product (windows 7) that's still in development and has not been finalised and your casting judgment?
- 7aji, on 07/04/2009, -0/+1It looks "pretty", but I have to use it myself to see how it works. Still, I'll revert to a my Eeebuntu.
- gmuslera, on 07/03/2009, -0/+1Ungodly slow with Windows with an Atom cpu? Thats where the average distribution of linux (and more the specialized ones) shines on netbooks
- chongli, on 07/03/2009, -1/+2Just looking at the screenshots for me was love at first sight.
I've been a Mac user since 1993 and I've always worried in the back of my mind about Apple becoming abusive should they gain a better market share. Increasingly it seems my worries are coming true.
It's really nice to see Linux finally getting a usable UI, something I feel like I want to use. Now I don't need to worry so much about Apple. If they keep heading down this authoritarian path (e.g. iPhone developer program), I will be happy to switch to Moblin. - 3242130193, on 07/04/2009, -0/+1Or if you want to be hardcore, you can fiddle with the DPI in Xorg settings. Archlinux may have a wiki on the model you're using, they had one for my Acer Aspire One that I used extensively with Debian
- Twinnie, on 07/03/2009, -0/+1Used it before, it's pretty good. My brother was getting annoyed with me trying to do "nerd stuff" on his laptop when I was stealing it from him to boot my USB drive onto it (wouldn't work on my PC for some reason) but once it was running he was quite intrigued, in fact I think he's mentioned it a few times since then. I think the best situation for this would be on a touchscreen netbook like the T91.
- inactive, on 07/03/2009, -0/+1eeebuntu
http://www.eeebuntu.org/ - dopievoli, on 07/04/2009, -0/+1Whoa that is hot!
- YourNameHere1, on 07/04/2009, -0/+0FTA: "Any offline functionality tends to be geared around playing movies or music, so you can keep up with The Wire or Britney's latest while out of range of a wifi base station."
..... so this brand new Operating System came out a few years ago or something? The Wire was good and all, but the final show was in March 2008..... and there hasn't been a crotch shot of Britney in a few years either. - oriondr, on 07/04/2009, -1/+1Yeah, I'm sure my grandma would love linux, good thinking.
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