Acer installing Linux on notebooks, but not Ubuntu (InfoWorld)

Acer installing Linux on notebooks, but not Ubuntu (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Acer did not preinstall the Ubuntu Linux distribution on a batch of Aspire notebooks for sale in Singapore, but instead is installing a different version of the open source operating system, local dealers said.

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So....recommend me one:p I want it to be Core 2 Duo, and I want to play games on it. My budged is 800 euro's.

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Notebook computer industry faces parts shortages (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Hot demand and a massive battery recall are causing shortages of key components for the notebook computer industry, analysts and companies say.

One Laptop Per Child Sends PCs to Production (PC World)
PC World - One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) Monday moved a step closer to providing low-cost laptops to children in developing nations by giving the go-ahead to the mass production of its XO laptop. However, the computers are expected to be out in October, one month later than originally planned.