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Posts in 2008 August 04

Back in March, I tried to find as many Linux-based UMPCs as I could. At the time, I found 18, which was expanded to 20 with the help of commenters. After many more Linux-based UMPC releases, I decided to see how many more I could find. The first 20 on the list below are from the previous list.

  1. Eee PC
  2. CloudBook
  3. OLPC
  4. Noahpad
  5. HP 2133
  6. Elonex One
  7. Gecko Laptop
  8. Intel’s MID(s) – Yeah, yeah, I know it is a “MID” not a “UMPC.” Who really cares?
  9. BPETD H9
  10. EB MIMD
  11. eo TufTab v7112XT
  12. Pepper Pad
  13. Lime PC
  14. Simple PC
  15. ECS G10IL
  16. WING
  17. Unnamed Acer UMPC – Linux on this device is not confirmed, but quite possible It is now called the Aspire One and it does run Linux.
  18. Gigabyte M528 MID
  19. Nokia N810, N800, N770
  20. Zaurus
  21. Bestlink Alpha 400
  22. MSI Wind
  23. Aware A-Pad
  24. 3K RazorBook
  25. Sylvania G
  26. Gigabyte M912V
  27. Unnamed GeCube
  28. VIA OpenBook
  29. Ink Mobile
  30. VDL Jisus
  31. Lenovo IdeaPad S10
  32. Dell E
  33. Gdium
  34. Elonex Webbook
  35. Pandora

Wow! 32 32+ Linux-based UMPCs! Here is my question: many people, including myself, consider the Eee PC to be the product that caused so many new UMPCs to appear. Sort of like a spark for the UMPC business, but is that true? How may of these UMPCs would exist if the Eee PC had never appeared. My guess is not many.