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Although some manufacturers like MSI claimed earlier this year that the rate of return of net books with Linux pre-installed was much higher than models with Windows XP, Dell has indicated that its triumph Linux net books on the market.
In fact according to the statements of its leaders, a third of sales of Dell Inspiring Mini 9 are the models with Linux preinstalled, the highest rate for all computers sold by Dell with Linux for quite some time, and superior to other manufacturers.
The success of Dell net books with Linux preinstalled seems obvious if we ignore the statements of Jay Pinkert, a Dell executive stated that “one third of our offer Mini 9 ships with Linux, which is clearly above the standard success rate of other systems that offer Linux. We have done a good job explaining to people what is Linux.
Taiwan Taiyuan Airport recently opened its library of electronic books for the tourists and passengers in transit, but not only can read e-books on laptops also feature comfortable chairs and electronic books attached to them.
Its facilities include nearly 200 square meters, approximately 400 e-books in Chinese and English visitors can read different types of content, but they must not be carried to read later. Additional features GPS navigation systems so that passengers can look at maps of their destinations
Initially available 30 readers have e-books, which may be insufficient for the number of passengers transiting the airport annually, but hopefully not only to increase, but this initiative can be copied to the main airports of the world where scales, connections and regulations of the countries that tourists are required to stay at the airport for hours with nothing interesting to do than watch TV.