Ubuntu Netbook Remix will soon be going by the new name of Ubuntu Netbook Edition and with that change comes some dieting to make the popular Linux distribution lighter. This would make it perfect for those ARM-based tablets and netbooks with little disk space to spare and are delegated to running Windows CE.
This version of Ubuntu has a cleaner icon format and is optimized for small screen and low-powered processors. It did come with a lot of apps built-in which although helpful was a bit cluttered and eats up precious disk space. The team behind the project removed Brasero (CD burner), Dictionary, Tomboy (note-taking), PalmOS Pilot, graphics applications and OpenOffice. Yes, they removed the popular open-source office suite and put Google Docs in its place.
While people had differing views on its removal, net access is becoming more ubiquitous and a few lighter spec'd devices would do well just to leave some apps to work in the cloud. This would free up space in the device for personal media like pictures, video and music.
source OMG Ubuntu
A post from the Asus Eee PC blog.
Ubu ntu Netbook Edition gets slimmer
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