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Story: Netbook returns blamed on Linux 'teething problems'
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Windows XP is a cookie-cutter product, dictated by Microsoft. With Linux, individual OEMs choose their flavor and develop the customizations. These new permutations can make for "teething" issues. The Linux desktop could be configured to resemble Mac OSX, so there will be a visual cue to the consumer that it isn't Windows but it is an OS with a familiar GUI paradigm.
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