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[[Netbooks]] are small [[laptop]]s, with screen sizes between approximately 7 and 12 inches and low power consumption. They use either an SSD ([[solid state disk]]) or a HDD ([[hard disk drive]]) for storage, have up to 2 gigabytes of RAM (but often less), lack an [[optical disk drive]], and usually have [[USB]], [[Ethernet]], [[WiFi]] and often [[Bluetooth]] connectivity. The name emphasizes their use as portable Internet appliances.
== What's stand for ==
 
==Netbook distributions==
There are special [[Linux distribution]]s, called '''netbook distributions''', for these machines. All such distributions purport to be optimized for use with small, low-resolution displays. They tend to include a broad mix of [[VOIP]] and web-focused tools, including proprietary applications rarely seen installed by default by mainstream desktop distributions{{Citation needed|date=November 2009}}. For instance, [[Nokia]] [[Maemo]] and Asus' customized [[Xandros]] both ship with [[Skype]] and [[Adobe Flash]] installed, and Ubuntu's Netbook Edition offers the option to do the same for OEMs.<ref>[http://www.ubuntu.com/netbook Ubuntu 10.4 UNE]</ref>
 
==Comparison==
Netbooks are typically laptops with screen size smaller (typically 7, 8.9 or 10 inches) that consume less power and could have less memory (because these use SSD instead of hard disks) for using with the network. There are optimized distributions for this machines (for display better in small screen, optimize write in SSD, only install indispensable programs in OS, etc.) called Netbook Distributions{{Fact|date=May 2009}}.
 
===Features===
== List of Netbook distros ==
{| class="wikitable sortable" borderstyle="1text-align:center; width:auto;"
|+
|-
! Distribution
! Working State
!
! Aim
! Creator
! Producer
! Base Distribution
! Installed Size (MB)
! Initial Release Date
! Interface
! Linux Kernel
! Default File System
! Architecture Support
! Approximate Number of Pre-compiled Packages
! Default Package Management Tools
! Default Installer
|-
| '''[[EasyEeebuntu PeasyOS|Aurora]]'''
| 2009
| Ubuntu based distro. It uses Ubuntu Netbook Remix interface
Last Release, development stopped
| [[Asus Eee PC]] optimized
| Eeebuntu community
|
| [[Ubuntu (operating system)|Ubuntu]]
|
| 2009-05-15
| [[GNOME|Gnome]] or [[GNOME|Gnome]] + Netbook Remix
| Array kernel (modified kernel)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.eeebuntu.org/index.php?page=array |title=Array kernel site |access-date=2009-05-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090517201608/http://www.eeebuntu.org/index.php?page=array |archive-date=2009-05-17 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|
|
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| [[Advanced Packaging Tool|APT]]
|
|-
| '''[[CrunchBang Linux]] 11-20130119'''
| [[Eeebuntu]]
| 2015-02-06
| It's purpose it's make Ubuntu-based distro for [[Eeepc]] although it works for other netbooks
Development Stopped
| Limited hardware machines
| Philip Newborough
|
| [[Debian]]
|
| 2013-01-19
| [[Openbox]]
| 3.2.35
|
| x86 + x86_64
|
| [[Advanced Packaging Tool|APT]]
|
|-
| '''[[Linux4OneDebian Eee PC]]'''
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| Ubuntu based distro. Designed for Aspire One.
| Asus Eee PC
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| Debian
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|-
| '''[[Kuki LinuxDebian]]''' Wheezy
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| Designed for substitution Linpus Linux default distro of Aspire One.
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| Written from scratch
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| i386, AMD64, PowerPC, SPARC, ARM, MIPS, S390, armhf, s390x. Loongson<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wiki.debian.org/DebianYeeloong|title = DebianYeeloong - Debian Wiki}}</ref>
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|-
| '''[[MoblinEasyPeasy]] 1.6'''
| 2012
| It's a distribution for Netbooks, MIDs and automotive.
Last Release, development stopped
| All netbooks
| EasyPeasy Community
| [[Jon Ramvi]]
| [[Ubuntu (operating system)|Ubuntu]]
|
| 2010-04-24
| [[GNOME|Gnome]] + Netbook Remix
| 2.6.32
| ext4
| x86
|
| [[Advanced Packaging Tool|APT]]
| [[Ubiquity (software)|Ubiquity]]
|-
| '''[[Eeedora]]'''<ref name="Eeedora project at Google Code">[https://code.google.com/archive/p/eeedora Eeedora project at Google Code]</ref>
| [[Ubuntu Netbook Remix]]
|
| Official Canonical distribution for netbooks. Minimum requeriments are 512 MB of RAM and 4GD of SSD or hard disk.
| [[Asus Eee PC]] 701
| Martin Andrews
|
| [[Fedora (operating system)|Fedora]]
|
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| [[Xfce]]
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| [[RPM Package Manager|RPM]]
|
|-
| '''Firefly Linux''' 1.0 Beta 1
| 2009
Last Release, development stopped
|
| Firefly Linux community
|
| [[Arch Linux]]
|
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| [[LXDE]]
| 2.6.29.4
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| x86
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| [[Pacman (package manager)|Pacman]]
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|-
! [[Fuduntu]]
| 2013-04-14
Last Release, development stopped
| All netbooks<ref name="Fuduntu Website">{{cite web | url= http://www.fuduntu.org | title= Fuduntu Website | url-status= dead | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110317083940/http://www.fuduntu.org/ | archive-date= 2011-03-17 }}</ref>
| Andrew Wyatt "Fewt"
| Fuduntu.org<ref name="Fuduntu Website" />
| None (Originally based on [[Fedora (operating system)|Fedora]] 14)
|
| 2012-10-01
| [[GNOME|Gnome]]
| 3.6.9
| ext4
| x86<ref>{{cite web | url=http://packages.fuduntu.org/cgi-bin/getiso?name=Fuduntu-2012.4-i686-LiveDVD.iso | title=Fuduntu i386 | access-date=2012-12-18 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016003211/http://packages.fuduntu.org/cgi-bin/getiso?name=Fuduntu-2012.4-i686-LiveDVD.iso | archive-date=2012-10-16 | url-status=dead }}</ref> + x86_64<ref>{{cite web | url=http://packages.fuduntu.org/cgi-bin/getiso?name=Fuduntu-2012.4-x86_64-LiveDVD.iso | title=Fuduntu x86_64 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
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| [[RPM Package Manager|RPM]] + [[Yellowdog Updater, Modified|YUM]]
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|-
! [[gNewSense]]
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| [[Free software]]<!-- Replace this. -->
| Brian Brazil and Paul O'Malley
| Sam Geeraerts with sponsorship from the [[Free Software Foundation|FSF]]
| Debian
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| [[Linux-libre]] 2.6.32
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| [[Loongson]], [[x86]], [[x86-64]]
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| [[Advanced Packaging Tool|APT]]
|[[Ubiquity (software)]]
|-
| '''[[Joli OS]] 1.2'''<br>(formerly named Jolicloud)
| 2013-11-22 Last Release, development stopped
| All netbooks<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jolicloud.com/product/compatibility |title=Jolicloud Compatible Devices |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110112020736/http://www.jolicloud.com/product/compatibility |archive-date=2011-01-12 }}</ref>
| [[Joli OS]]
| [[Joli OS]]
| [[Ubuntu (operating system)|Ubuntu]]
|
| 2011-03-09
| [[HTML5]] + [[GNOME|Gnome]]
| 2.6.35.10
| ext4
| x86
|
| [[Advanced Packaging Tool|APT]]
|
|-
| '''[[Kuki Linux]] 2.0'''
| 2009
Last Release, development stopped
| [[Aspire One]] optimized
| Kuki Linux community
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| [[Ubuntu (operating system)|Ubuntu]]
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| [[Xfce]]
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|-
| {{Anchor|Linux4One}} '''Linux4One 1.5'''
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| [[Aspire One]] optimized
| Linux4One community
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| [[Ubuntu (operating system)|Ubuntu]]
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| [[GNOME|Gnome]] or [[LXDE]]
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|-
|Leeenux Linux v10
|2016 Last Release
|All netbooks
|Aleksandar Ciric
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|Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
|
|
|LXDE, XFCE
|
|ext4
|x86, AMD64
|
|APT, Synaptic, Software center
|Ubiquity
|-
|Leeenux 2020
|Supported until April 2023
|All netbooks
|Aleksandar Ciric
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|Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
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|LXDE, XFCE
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|x86, AMD64
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|APT, Synaptic, Software center
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|-
|'''[[Lubuntu]]'''
'''15.10'''
|2015-10-22
Active Development
|Limited hardware machines
|Lubuntu Community and LXDE Foundation
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|[[Ubuntu (operating system)|Ubuntu]]
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|2011-10-13
|[[LXDE]]
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|[[Synaptic package manager|Synaptic]]
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|-
! Manjaro Netbook Edition<ref>[https://sourceforge.net/projects/manjarolinux/files/community/Netbook/ Manjaro Netbook Edition at SourceForge]</ref>
| 2015-07-25
Active Development
| All netbooks
| Rob McCathie
| [[Manjaro Linux]]
| [[Arch Linux]]
|
|
| [[Xfce]]
| [[Intel Atom]]-optimized Manjaro kernel
| ext4
| x86, x86_64
|
| Pamac (graphical frontend for [[Pacman package manager|pacman]])
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|-
| '''[[Midinux]]'''
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| All netbooks
| [[Red Flag Linux]]
|
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| 2007
|
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| ext3
| x86
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|-
| '''[[MeeGo]] 1.2'''
| 2012
Last Release, development stopped
| [[Intel Atom]] processor netbooks, Nokia ARM smartphones
| [[Intel]], [[Nokia]], [[Maemo]] community
| [[Intel]], [[Nokia]], [[Linux Foundation]]
| None (it is a distribution developed out of Maemo and Moblin)
|
| 2010-10-28
| "Netbook User Experience" (based on [[Clutter (toolkit)|Clutter]])
| 2.6.35
| [[btrfs]]
| x86 with [[SSSE3]] support
|
| [[RPM Package Manager|RPM]]
|
|-
| '''[[Moblin]] 2.1'''
| 2009-04
Last Release, development stopped
| All [[Intel Atom]] processor netbooks and [[Mobile internet device|MID]]
| [[Intel]]
| [[Intel]]/[[Linux Foundation]]
| None (borrows components for various distributions<ref name="moblin-faq">[http://moblin.org/documentation/moblin-overview/faq Moblin FAQ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090528172731/http://moblin.org/documentation/moblin-overview/faq |date=May 28, 2009 }}</ref>)
|
| 2009-11-04
| Clutter
|
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|
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| [[RPM Package Manager|RPM]] (may change<ref name="moblin-faq" />)
|
|-
| '''[[OpenGEU|OpenGeeeU]] 8.10'''
| 2012-08
Last Release, development stopped
|
| Luca De Marini
|
| [[Easy Peasy]]<ref>[http://opengeu.intilinux.com/News/Voci/2009/3/23_OpenGeeeU_8.10_Live_CD_for_Asus_EeePC_released!.html] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090501041412/http://opengeu.intilinux.com/News/Voci/2009/3/23_OpenGeeeU_8.10_Live_CD_for_Asus_EeePC_released%21.html |date=May 1, 2009 }}</ref>
|
| 2009-03-23
| [[Enlightenment (window manager)|Enlightenment]] plus [[GNOME|Gnome]]
| 2.6.27
| ext3
| x86
| 26000
| [[Advanced Packaging Tool|APT]]
| [[Ubiquity (software)|Ubiquity]]
|-
| '''[[Puppeee Linux]] 4.3X'''
|Linpus is 64-bit only
 
| [[Asus Eee PC]]s with Intel Chipsets
| Jemimah Ruhala
|
| [[Puppy Linux|Puppy Linux 4.3.1]]
| 200MB
|
| Choice of IceWM / OpenBox / Flwm with ROX-Filer / PcManFM / LxLauncher
| 2.6.33
| AUFS + SquashFS + EXT2
| Atom / CeleronM
|
| Pet
| PetGet
|-
|'''[[Trisquel#Trisquel Mini|Trisquel Mini]]'''
|2014-11
Last Release, development stopped
|Limited hardware machines
|
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| [[Trisquel]]
|
|2010-09
|
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|-
| '''[[Ubuntu Netbook Edition]] 10.10'''
| 2010-10
Last Release, development stopped
| [[Intel Atom]] processor netbooks<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.canonical.com/projects/ubuntu/unr |title=Canonical {{!}} About the company<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2009-09-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090214213943/http://www.canonical.com/projects/ubuntu/unr |archive-date=2009-02-14 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| [[Canonical Ltd.]]
| [[Canonical Ltd.]]
| [[Ubuntu (operating system)|Ubuntu]]
|
| 2010-10-10
| [[Unity (desktop environment)|Unity]]
| 2.6.32
|
| x86
| 32000
| [[Advanced Packaging Tool|APT]]
|
|-
! Distribution
! Working State
! Aim
! Creator
! Producer
! Base Distribution
! Installed Size (MB)
! Initial Release Date
! Interface
! Linux Kernel
! Default File System
! Architecture Support
! Approximate Number of Pre-compiled Packages
! Default Package Management Tools
! Default Installer
|}
 
====Specific Features====
== See also ==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center; width:auto;"
* [[Netbook]]
|-
! Distribution
! Target Boot Time
!Whole OS Loads to RAM
(Default)
!LIVE
Medium
!Target Users
! SSD Write Optimization
(SSD degradation, I/O optimization, etc.)
! Specific Supported Hardware
|-
| '''[[Eeebuntu OS|Aurora]] 3.0'''
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|-
| '''[[EasyPeasy]] 1.6'''
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|LIVE Medium
|Beginner, highly mobile netbook users.
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| '''[[Eeedora]]'''<ref name="Eeedora project at Google Code" />
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| '''Firefly Linux''' 1.0 Beta 1
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| '''[[Joli OS]] 1.2'''
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| '''[[Kuki Linux]] 2.0'''
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| '''Linux4One 1.5'''
| 40 seconds<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.linux4one.it/ |title=Features of Light version of Linux4One |access-date=2009-06-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091125134847/http://www.linux4one.it/ |archive-date=2009-11-25 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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| '''Manjaro Netbook Edition'''
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| '''[[Moblin]] 2.0'''
| 5 seconds<ref>[http://moblin.org/projects/fast-boot Fast boot in Moblin page] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090121075339/http://moblin.org/projects/fast-boot |date=January 21, 2009 }}</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7NxCM8ryF8 Youtube video showing Moblin 2.0 prerelease booting in 5 seconds.]</ref>
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| '''[[OpenGEU|OpenGeeeU]] 8.10'''
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| '''[[Puppeee Linux]] 4.3X'''
| 30s
|Loads to RAM
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| Layered filesystem - caches writes in RAM
| Lightweight kernel compiled for EeePCs only
|-
| '''[[Ubuntu Netbook Edition]] 10.10'''
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===Google Trends===
While no public numbers measuring the install-base of these operating systems are available, Google Trends data on a handful of them indicate their relative popularity:<!-- Needs updating. -->
 
[[File:Netbook linux compared June 2010.jpg]]
 
==References==
{{Reflist|2}}
 
==See also==
{{Portal|Linux|Free and open-source software}}
*[[Android (operating system)|Android]]
*[[List of Linux distributions that run from RAM]]
*[[List of tools to create Live USB systems]]
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