For the audiophile: Indamixx2 with portable music studio

Indamixx has already started taking orders for the new slate with music production programs. This device is very much like most Atom tablet with a 10.1 inch display, 1024×600 pixel resolutions, and uses Atom N450. However, it has some really good aspects with the 2 GB RAM and the 250GB hard disk. Of course aside [...]

Moblin 2.0 comes out of BETA – now available for download

Moblin 2.0, a Linux OS and an open source project focused on building a Linux-based platform optimized for the next generation of mobile devices including Netbooks, Mobile Internet Devices, and In-vehicle infotainment systems.

[Moblin official website] [Download the final Moblin 2.0 image]

After being available as BETA to the users from past few months, Moblin has finally announced the final version of it. Give it a go guys!

Dell Mini 10v now being offered with Moblin Linux OS – World’s First Moblin Netbook

At IDF 2009, Dell announced to offer the Dell Mini 10v with Moblin Linux OS (they are instead using the name “Ubuntu Moblin Remix Developer Edition”). This makes it the first Moblin netbook and will start selling it on 24 September 2009 at the price tag of $299.

As its name suggests, the Dell Mini 10v is targeted towards the developers and not for the average consumer, which is weird as Moblin OS is one fo the most polished Linux OS ever made for netbooks. On a weird note, the bluetooth does not work on the Dell Mini 10V even though it has BT onboard.

For those who do not know about Moblin, it is a project by Intel to bring optimized Linux OS to the mobile devices.

Tainell T500 MID

A manufacturer from Shanghai Tainell is set to launch a 5-inch T500 MID in the month of October. The T500 will be available with a wide choice of processors, which include Atom Z510 (1.1GHz), Z520 (1.33GHz) or Z530 (1.6GHz). It has 5-inch display with 1024×600 resolution, 1GB RAM, 32GB SSD storage, GPS, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.

It has a 4-cell 2400mAh battery and that should give you up to 6 hours of runtime. It weighs a modest 420gm. With it, you can go for Windows XP, Windows 7 or Moblin Linux OS

Price is not known yet

Presenting Fedora Mini – Lightweight Linux for netbooks

Following the path of Ubuntu, which released Ubuntu NBR few months back, Fedora has also come up with special version customized to netbook environment.

The Fedora Mini SIG is a group of Fedora contributors that are interested in Fedora on small devices. Initially aimed at supporting NetBooks, Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs), it could over time be expanded to also cover things such as Set Top Boxes (STBs).

Right now, it supports EEE PCs, Aspire One and Dell Mini 9

It is not available for public download at the moment. However, if you are using Fedora 12 (alpha) at the moment, you can test it by typing yum groupinstall “Moblin Desktop Environment” and re-login.

Note: Netbooks with GMA 500 chipset are NOT supported at the moment, although it may be supported in the future, but not for now.

Ubuntu and Moblin to work together

Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu will be demonstrating Netbook Remix version of the Moblin Linux at the Computex, 2009. Not only that, Canonical is in talks with Intel, where it would providing Canonical with the beta code.

So, first we had the Ubuntu Netbook Remix and now, we will soon have Moblin Netbook Remix to play with!

2-second Boot Time? Now, that is what I call an Instant-on OS! [Netbooks]

Moblin is an open source project that is build upon the Linux platform, which is geared towards netbooks, MIDs and UMPCs. At the Linux Collaboration Summit, which was held in San Fransisco, Intel discussed its plans about the upcoming major version of the Mobilin platform. Tests of the latest Moblin 2 alpha release show that the major components (including graphics system) can start up in mere seconds. Intel is stubborn that with the new Moblin platform, 2 second boot time is infact possible.

Within last few months, we have been hearing about plethora of instant-on operating systems. But, so far no OS has been able to boot in 2 seconds. If the folks at Moblin are able to do so, it can totally change the way we perceive our netbooks. For example: People on the go will prefer to use their netbook or MID instead of using their cellphone to check their email.

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