As we have heard in the past sky is very reluctant to support Linux with their downloads service, however will the rise of Netbooks change this? Will this new source of Linux popularity change the minds of the people at sky and make them sit up and listen or will they remain ignorant and arrogant? I think that it is shameful to prevent the use of a service that the customers have paid for, just because of their choice of operating system.

It is great to see linux leading in the cutting edge of technology, providing devices previously reserved for the people who could afford them, for a price that almost anyone can afford. I can only see these netbooks getting cheaper with time. Digital watches were once expensive but now they are a dime a dozen. As new manufactures enter this market prices will begin to fall further. This is truly an exciting year for linux and its users.

Netbooks have also been solving some problems for linux as far as desktop use is concerned. In the past users have complained about it being difficult to use and the amount of time that it takes to boot, but asus with their eeePC have changed this. The eeePC used a program called fast init, which can boot the OS in less than 20 seconds. I’m hoping that these devices can have as much of an impact on linux as a desktop OS, as Ubuntu has had.