[webschooner]

Yes, many netbooks already come with Linux.

Nowhere did I state that Android was or would be superior to Linux on netbooks. I only posted the story because I thought it is technically interesting and newsworthy that the Android OS has been successfully and experimentally loaded onto a netbook.

Personally, I feel that competition is better for us all, and that is generally the conservative view.

[Wonder Warthog]

"Nowhere did I state that Android was or would be superior to Linux on netbooks. I only posted the story because I thought it is technically interesting and newsworthy that the Android OS has been successfully and experimentally loaded onto a netbook. Personally, I feel that competition is better for us all, and that is generally the conservative view."

Got no problem with any of that. What I'm trying to get a feel for is where Android fits into the picture. Is it, itself, another flavor of Linux, or Unix (as is the Apple OS), or is it "new from the bottom up".

[Swordmaker]

Nowhere did I state that Android was or would be superior to Linux on netbooks. I only posted the story because I thought it is technically interesting and newsworthy that the Android OS has been successfully and experimentally loaded onto a netbook.

Definitely a hobbyist thing. Putting a stripped down version of Linux (Android) on a machine capable of running a full LINUX or Windows install is not going to accomplish much more than people saying, for the moment, that's neat...

It was like the people who installed LINUX on an iPod... neat that you can do it, but now what?