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32+ Ultra-Mobile PCs That Run Linux

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.

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  1. Johan Møller Says:
    August 5th, 2008 at 4:18 am

    Interesting - I really didn’t realise the list was that long, good for us though :-)

    Lets make it 33 with the Gdium http://www.gdium.com/
    I my opinion it looks to be the most interesting since it is not “just” trying to be a Linux driven version of something already present on the marked (I know - the Eee was, sort of, a new thing, but mostly due to size and use of ssd imho).
    The description of Gayaplex is a bit vague, but it’l be interesting to see how that (and other similar) concept evolves.

  2. Roy Schestowitz Says:
    August 5th, 2008 at 6:59 am

    Good list It could be made a Wiki.

  3. The Open Sourcerer Says:
    August 5th, 2008 at 9:18 am

    Make it 33. You missed the Elonex Webbook ;-)

    http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2008/07/24/say-hello/

  4. orlando_ombzzz Says:
    August 5th, 2008 at 10:17 pm

    anyone knows which of this netebooks ( if any) has a TV-OUT port? ( s-video )?

    “How may of these UMPCs would exist if the Eee PC had never appeared”

    IMHO, the main enzime was the OLPC, not the EEE PC

  5. mark Kent Says:
    August 6th, 2008 at 4:04 am

    The Pandora machine claims openGL and SVideo out. See here:

    http://openpandora.org/
    http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7004794073.html

    Also, this sector is merging fast & hard with the phone sector, so for example the freerunner phone could be considered to be suitable for this list.

  6. dezza Says:
    August 6th, 2008 at 4:43 am

    Great list, althought it would be cool if you had a buying link attached to it also ..

    Which ones do you guys think uses the highest quality in case design, component quality, and shock resistance?

    If I buy one of these UMPC’s I won’t spend any time on sending it for repairing, but not on workarounds with drivers in Linux neither!

    I think Lenovo IdeaPad S10 looks very nice, the round metal cylinder lid looks very cool, like on the MSI MegaBook (Which is infact a very good computer, I’ve used one myself at a friends house, very comfortable to work with, and very nice design.

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