The company is working on Intel 2.0, its own distribution Linux, and wants to make the operating system popular among manufacturers netbook. Along with a new platform for Atom, Pine Trial-D, the company Intel is going to offer a version of the operating system Linux, which should help reduce costs and improve performance of systems. Developers Intel has already written a kernel and a number of drivers that are suitable not only for 2.0, but for some other Linux-distributions.

It is unlikely that companies like Microsoft tenacity with which it’s longtime partner Intel promoting its own mobile operating system, capable of becoming a strong competitor to the XP, Vista and future Windows 7. But Intel could always justify the user's request, saying she did only what its customers demanded. In addition, a new platform Pine Trial-D, which includes a processor Atom, will support multiple operating systems. First of all, this operating system is Windows XP Starter Home Edition, which Microsoft plans to sell at least until 30 June 2010. Interestingly, the manufacturers of mobile devices will be able to use the Windows XP operating system within one year after the release of Windows 7, but only for models with a single processor. In the model, based on dual-processor, Microsoft will require more expensive to install Windows 7.

The relatively unpopular Vista Starter and Basic Edition will continue to be available in some developing markets, but of course at Pine Trial-D will not work interface Aero. Another limitation is DirectX 9 graphics, which is enough only to show the logo and Windows Vista. As is known, for installation on netbook and Microsoft designed Windows 7 Starter, Windows 7 Home Basic, and it is unlikely that the operating system will provide an opportunity to enjoy the famous Aero interface due to poor graphics platform Pine Trial-D, and other exceptional reasons for the installation of the operating The Windows on netbook, in general, no. Well, except that the habit of the majority of users to a "window". So for new netbook objectively more attractive are the operating systems like Linux 2.0.