As is their wont, Phoronix went out and picked up a Lenovo IdeaPad S10 and removed the installed WinXP SP3 and replaced it with Ubuntu 8.10.  Thanks to the steady evolution of Linux, the laptop and all of it’s accessories worked perfectly, much like the Samsung NC10.  The Samsung was used as the comparative model in their benchmarking, and the IdeaPad fared fairly well.  There was a feature included that impressed them, as well as a few qualities that they thought could be improved upon; which you can read about here.

“While there are many different netbooks on the market, one of the models that has been selling quite well and is popular with many enthusiasts is the IdeaPad S10 from Lenovo. The Lenovo IdeaPad S10 can be customized, but is equipped with an Intel Atom N270 processor, a 10.2″ anti-glare display, and Broadcom 802.11b/g WiFi. In this latest Phoronix article we are looking at the Lenovo IdeaPad S10 along with providing some Linux-based benchmarks.”

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