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Netbooks are typically laptops with small screen sizes (typically 7, 8.9 or 10 inches) and low power consumption. They often use an SSD (solid state disk) instead of a hard disk and always lack an optical disk drive. The name netbook indicates they are intended as end-user friendly, portable Internet appliances.
There are special Linux distributions, called netbook distributions, for these machines. All such distributions are 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. For instance, Maemo and Asus's customized Xandros both ship with Skype and Adobe Flash installed, and Ubuntu's Netbook Remix offers the option to do the same to OEMs.[1]
| Distribution | Aim | Creator | Producer | Base distribution | Installed size (MB) | Release date | Interface | Linux Kernel | Default file system | Architecture support | Approximate number of pre-compiled packages | Default package management tools | Default installer | Download count | DistroWatch rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leeenux Linux v1.2 | ASUS Eee PC with 7" Screen | Aleksandar Ciric | Ubuntu & easypeasy | 1400MB | 2009-10-25 | Gnome + Netbook Remix | 2.6.27 | ext3 | x86 | APT | |||||
| easypeasy 1.5 | All netbooks | easypeasy Community | Ubuntu | 2009-08-31 | Gnome + Netbook Remix | 2.6.30 | ext4 | x86 | 26000 | APT | Ubiquity | 700 000 | 28[2] | ||
| Eeebuntu 3.0 | Optimized for Eeepc | Eeebuntu community | Ubuntu | 2009-05-15 | Gnome or Gnome + Netbook Remix | Array kernel (modified kernel)[3] | APT | 100 000 | Not listed[2] | ||||||
| CrunchBang Linux 8.10.02 | Limited hardware machines | Philip Newborough | Ubuntu | 2009-01-18 | Openbox | 2.6.27 | APT | 29[2] | |||||||
| Linux4One 1.5 | Optimized for Aspire One | Linux4One community | Ubuntu | Gnome or LXDE | Not listed[2] | ||||||||||
| OpenGeeeU 8.10 | Luca De Marini | Easy Peasy[4] | 2009-03-23 | Enlightenment plus Gnome | 2.6.27 | ext3 | x86 | 26000 | APT | Ubiquity | Not listed[2] | ||||
| Firefly Linux 1.0 Beta 1 | Firefly Linux community | Arch Linux | LXDE | 2.6.29.4 | x86 | Pacman | 62[5] | ||||||||
| Kuki Linux 2.0 | Optimized for Aspire One | Kuki Linux community | Ubuntu | XFCE | Not listed[2] | ||||||||||
| Midinux | All netbooks | Red Flag Linux | 2007 | ext3 | x86 | ||||||||||
| Moblin 2.0 | All Intel Atom processor netbooks and MID | Intel | Intel/Linux Foundation | None (borrows components for various distributions[6]) | Clutter | RPM (may change[6]) | 57[7] | ||||||||
| Eeedora[8 ] | Asus Eeepc 701 | Martin Andrews | Fedora | XFCE | RPM | Not listed[2] | |||||||||
| Ubuntu Netbook Remix 9.04 | All netbooks[9] | Canonical Ltd. | Canonical Ltd. | Ubuntu | 2009-04-23 | Gnome + Netbook Remix | x86, arm | Not listed[2] |
| Distribution | Target boot time | SSD write optimization (SSD degradation, I/O optimization, etc.) | Specific supported hardware |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leeenux Linux v1.2 | 20s | Yes | |
| easypeasy 1.5 | Yes | ||
| Eeebuntu 3.0 | |||
| Linux4One 1.5 | 40 seconds[10] | ||
| OpenGeeeU 8.10 | |||
| Firefly Linux 1.0 Beta 1 | |||
| Kuki Linux 2.0 | |||
| Moblin 2.0 | 5 seconds[11][12] | ||
| Eeedora[8 ] | |||
| Ubuntu Netbook Remix 9.04 |
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:
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