When I was at UDS one of the hottest things being talked about was Netbooks. Cheap and cheerful internet ready devices that serve the average consumer in the simplest and direct ways.

The “Why I Use Linux” series continues. Today I am presenting a story written by Arlie Morris of Chino Hills, CA. Arlie is concerned with the upkeep that Windows has and became amazed at how much easier life can be with Linux.

I noticed that most of the awesome X Devs like Peter Hutterer and Kristian Hoegsberg (and let’s not forget Linus Himself!) are using Fedora, and I’ve heard it’s geared towards developers (being bleeding edge and all).

In a piece about the market share of Ubuntu outside the United States, Christopher Dawson writes about the innovation that is going on using Linux outside our borders.

From time to time, someone in the Ubuntu community writes about the experience of introducing a “normal person” (someone who has no specific expertise with computers) to Ubuntu. These accounts provide useful feedback to Ubuntu designers and developers working to make Ubuntu easier to understand and use. They are no substitute for rigorous usability studies, but are nonetheless worthwhile.

Like most people, I have been using Windows for the most part of my life. However, about 2 years ago in late 2007, my Apple curiosity got the better of me. Since then, I’ve been bouncing between a Windows notebook and the Mac. Until about 5 weeks ago.

Ubuntu's One Hundred Papercuts project is aiming to solve 10 papercuts per week in order to accomplish the goal of resolving 100 before the next release. The first ten bugs to be tackled have been set (and a few are already marked for week 2).

Ubuntu 9.04 works and it's free, but is that enough? Not quite, according to this list of pros and cons.