SUSE edition of Moblin will be preloaded on leading netbooks and nettops; Computex attendees will be able to test out new machines
"Novell's announcement of a Moblin version 2-based edition of SUSE demonstrates Novell's leadership in the Intel(R) Atom(TM) processor-based netbook market," said
Recently, Novell and Intel announced a broad collaboration agreement to develop and advance Moblin on Intel Atom processor-based netbooks and other mobile systems. This collaboration includes the establishment of the Novell(R) Open Labs in
"Moblin is new, different, disruptive and a departure from traditional approaches to mobile computing in general," said
Original Equipment Manufacturers Embrace Moblin
"We are pleased to work with Novell and Intel to demo the SUSE edition of Moblin on Acer devices as we have always been interested in providing new and innovative mobile computing options to our customers," said
"Designed to meet Internet access, media and social networking demands of mobile computing users, the SUSE edition of Moblin is a natural fit for the netbook form factor," said Sambora Chem, senior director of Global Marketing at MSI. "MSI already offers SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop preloaded on MSI devices and this new Novell version of Moblin offers another interesting desktop computing opportunity for our customers."
The SUSE edition of Moblin running on these leading netbook and nettop devices can be seen at Novell booths M1314-M1318 and M1413-M1417 in the Nangkang Exhibition Hall at the Computex conference in
For more information on the SUSE edition of Moblin, visit www.novell.com/moblin.
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About Moblin
Hosted by the Linux Foundation, Moblin is an optimized open source Linux software stack and technology framework that delivers visually rich Internet and media experiences on Intel(R) Atom(TM) Processor-based devices including MIDs, netbooks/nettops, in-vehicle infotainment (IVI), and embedded systems. More information can be found at www.moblin.org.
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