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Linux-Netbook.com is dedicated to small laptops running Linux based operating systems like Android, Chrome OS, Joli OS, Linux Mint, MeeGo, and Ubuntu. We encourage and support using free and open source software.
There hasn't been a lot of Fedora coverage here so far, even though it is one of the most popular Linux distributions. I don't know of any netbook that comes pre-installed with Fedora, and people who change the operating system are most likely to choose a system designed for netbooks.
In this video Matt Hartley demonstrates Linux Mint 12 on an ASUS Eee PC 1005PE netbook. He shows how to boot the operating system from a live disk, introduces some of the features of Linux Mint, and provides usage tips in his walk through.
Android-x86 is an open source project with the goal to port Android to the x86 platform, so you can run Android on your laptop or PC. You can see results of these efforts in the above video demonstrating Android 3.2 Honeycomb on an ASUS Eee PC 1000HE netbook.
The Acer AC700 Chromebook has been available for a while and finally we have the chance to watch a video with Nicole from Netbook News getting her hands on the 11.6 inch laptop.
This short video, filmed at the Hong Kong Computer & Communications Festival 2011, shows some of the software features the Asus Eee PC X101 running a custom built of MeeGo offers. It supports social networking services like Twitter and Facebook, Adobe Air applications (which is a bit creepy), and more important for the Chinese market all mainstream Chinese input methods.
