Linux Netbook Deals

Chromebooks Holiday Season Price-Drops

Chromebooks Holiday Season Amazon Price-Drops

Right in time for the holiday season the Google Chrome team implemented some changes in their software, including a different login screen, a revamped tabs page, and a completely different Chrome Web Store user interface, with a much heavier use of graphics, which I like less than the previous UI.

Foxconn SZ-901 10.1" Barebone Netbook Deal at newegg.com

Foxconn SZ-901 10.1" Barebone Netbook Deal at newegg.com

Newegg.com currently offers the Foxconn SZ-901 netbook without a pre-installed operating system. It officially supports the FoxOS operating system, which is based on Fedora Linux and Windows XP. The Foxconn SZ-901 was demoed at COMPUTEX 2009 running Moblin Linpus Linux Lite so other Linux distros may work as well.

Emprex BNB-1021 10" Ubuntu Netbook at Geeks.com

Emprex BNB-1021 10" Ubuntu Netbook at Geeks.com

Geeks.com today features the Emprex BNB-1021, a black 10" netbook powered by a VIA C7-M 1.6 GHz processor with 1GB RAM, a 160GB hard drive, a 1.3MP webcam, Bluetooth, and WiFi 802.11b/g running Ubuntu Linux as their deal of the day.

litl webbook Price Drop at Amazon.com

litl webbook Price Drop at Amazon.com

Still feeling heavily over priced the litl webbook is currently available for US $650 from Amazon.com. This offer does not include the litl remote control which needs to be ordered separately and costs an additional $19.

EMTEC Gdium Liberty Price Drop at Amazon.com

EMTEC Gdium Liberty Price Drop at Amazon.com

The EMTEC Gdium Liberty 1000 netbook is now available for US $265.99 on Amazon.com which is a discount of $84.00 (24%) off the initial $349.99.