Intel supports non-windows operating system????

The preliminary version of the Moblin 2 OS has been specifically created for netbooks that run Intel’s company’s Atom processor.

Netbooks with their own customized OS could help create more distinct products. It’s also one of the reasons that Intel has been actively supporting Moblin offering it the resources needed to optimize the OS for Atom processor.

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It seems to be linux based and it can be configure to specificly work well with Intel's Atom line.