The New Yorks Times is reporting how the next revolution on PC making might be the Netbook category. These laptops two main features are that they are light and cheap. Asus made the netbook category popular with their Eee PC, which can be purchased for as little as $250. Soon more PC manufacturers started trying to create their own version of the netbook. In order to provide netbooks for as cheap as possible many of them run on the Linux operating system. Another benefit of using Linux is that it will run on a variety of computer types. While the desktop market remains one of the lowest penetration areas for Linux the netbook market might be the inroad Linux needs to gain more recognition. Read the whole NYTimes article here.
