The first Netbook with a dual-core Atom 330 processor will soon hit the market, because Shenzhen Weibu Electronics will release their N10A Netbook which features this powerful processor.

Firefly Linux 1.0 Beta 1 is released. Firefly Linux is a lightweight operating system (based on Arch Linux) designed with netbooks in mind.

The Netbook version of Ubuntu, Ubuntu Netbook Remix gets a redesigned user interface. This new interface will be available in the Netbook Remix version of Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala.

Tiny Core Linux v2.2 is released. Tiny Core Linux is a very small (10 MB) minimal Linux Desktop, which runs very well on a Netbook. It is based on Linux 2.6 kernel, Busybox, Tiny X, Fltk & Jwm. The core runs entirely in ram & boots very quickly.