Ubuntu, an operating system's most popular open source 
Internet, has taken an important step to break into the mini-notebook computers , also known as netbooks , these computers in a kilo in weight and price adjusted.
Internet, has taken an important step to break into the mini-notebook computers , also known as netbooks , these computers in a kilo in weight and price adjusted. Linux distribution has reached an agreement with ARM , maker of processors for mobile devices that want to have an operating system specially tuned for these basic computers are having a great success since the firm Asus launched its Eee PC .
The new operating system will not be available until April 2009 and the first teams to integrate this new version of Ubuntu not expected until next June, according to the international press.
The agreement is also important within the ARM strategy, which until now was moving in the mobile phone business. The company has said that the deal with Ubuntu will help them make the jump to much larger screen formats.
In particular it is expected that the first ARM netbooks have screens of about 10 inches , the standard that is emerging in the second wave of netbooks, which will be capable of supporting high-quality video, integrated web browser and Open Office programs .
The great strength of ARM will be in getting a netbook that consume much less battery power thanks to its technology specifically designed for mobile devices, and thus achieve some teams with great autonomy.
ARM-designed chips equipped with between 70% and 80% of mobile market. The first phone to use the open source system Google Android, the HTC G1 , use one of their processors.
Remember that ARM is not alone in betting on Ubuntu for its netbooks. The Dell model , the Mini 9, and is used as the operating system.
Remember that ARM is not alone in betting on Ubuntu for its netbooks. The Dell model , the Mini 9, and is used as the operating system.
Source: The Journal Country
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