Finally, computers for the Linux user on the move. A new company has been formed to help ease the tricky task of running Linux on portable computers.
People avoid getting a laptop because of the time investment needed.
Whereas many other companies that sell Linux systems concentrate on servers and desktop PCs, Linux Laptops focuses on, well, portables. They also reveal a fear that improved bandwidth might be bad for the company. XFS is a key component of SGI's Irix operating system. An enterprise-level feature historically lacking from the Linux OS, journaling improves performance and speeds recovery in the event of a system failure, says John R. Vrolyk, senior vice president of SGI's Computer Systems Business Unit. XFS also provides full 64-bit file capabilities that will enable Linux to scale easily to handle file systems as large as 18 million terabytes of data and file sizes as large as 9 million terabytes.