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[edit] Upcoming laptop competition

  • Acer [1] [2] [3]: Intel Diamondville CPU; 7–9″ screen; Q2/Q3 2008 release; ~$470
  • Gigabyte [4]: Intel Shelton platform (1.6 GHz); 8 W; 7–9″ screen; June 2008 release
  • MSI [5]: July/August 2008 release

—Fleminra (talk) 23:40, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

  • UK company Elonex [6] [7]: Aday5F-300 Processor, Price USD 200

--Kozuch (talk) 16:16, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

User:Fleminra/Comparison of Linux subnotebooks. —Fleminra (talk) 21:26, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] NanoBook

I am not sure the NanoBook should be included here... One one hand it has nothing to do with Linux itself, the only relevance to Linux is that it is used for products (only CloudBook so far I know - and this is already included in the template) that ship with Linux... this opens discussion what actually the template should be about, I think it should be related to Linux devices. What are your opinions?--Kozuch (talk) 14:48, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

To me, the title "Linux devices" means devices that were made to run linux. As the device doesn't ship with Linux it doesn't belong on this page, so I'm removing it.
There are a lot of devices that can run Linux, sure, but adding them takes away from the ones that were made for it. Gh5046 (talk) 16:52, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Rules

Only referenced Linux devices will be added to the template. Please do not add devices whose Linux-running can not be verified. Thank you.--kozuch (talk) 22:00, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

Borrowing from what I said in a previous discussion, I believe this navbox should be reserved for devices that were made to run Linux, not just anything that can or could possibly run it. Gh5046 (talk) 23:00, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
Well, I am still not clear on this. The NanoBook is a different issue - it has nothing to do with Linux but the refference design - in my opinion in such a case the end product should be listed which is CloudBook in this case.--Kozuch (talk) 01:03, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
Just so long as the product is available on the market and is shipped with Linux then it can be here. I want to avoid having devices like the Nintendo DS or PSP being added here just because Linux was ported to it. Gh5046 (talk) 02:02, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
Since the community maintained devices have a little value to the general customer, I start to tend to your opinion. Time will show.--Kozuch (talk) 09:36, 18 April 2008 (UTC)