System76’s Ubuntu Netbook Has Arrived

      by Wyatt Walter

A few weeks ago I commented on System76’s report that their sales were up 61% in Q1 and also mentioned that they were working on a netbook. Well, their netbook has arrived and is one sweet lookin’ little machine. What sets this netbook apart from the others is that this system is available only with Ubuntu, with no Windows version available. They call it the Starling Netbook and it has a 10.1″ screen and weighs in at 2.6 pounds. The laptop is slightly less than twice the thickness of the MacBook Air, but with a smaller screen, it weighs in almost half a pound lighter. It sports a 1.6Ghz Intel Atom processor, 1GB of RAM, and a 160GB 5400 RPM SATA hard drive. It has all the common features of other netbooks as well with a built-in webcam and three USB ports.

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To complement the sleek-looking hardware, the netbook comes preinstalled with Ubuntu 9.04 Netbook Remix. The Netbook Remix edition of Ubuntu has a redesigned GUI to work better with smaller screens and on machines a bit lighter on hardware specs. Part of the emphasis on the 9.04 release was a focus on netbooks and the OS wasn’t available for long before System76 jumped on the opportunity.

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