<s>
The	O
Gdium	B-Application
is	O
a	O
subnotebook	O
/	O
netbook	B-Device
computer	I-Device
produced	O
by	O
EMTEC	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Gdium	B-Application
product	O
is	O
distinguished	O
by	O
its	O
unique	O
Loongson	B-Language
MIPS	B-Device
processor	O
and	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
a	O
USB	O
key	O
as	O
a	O
primary	O
storage	O
device	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Gdium	B-Application
netbook	B-Device
is	O
marketed	O
as	O
an	O
interface	O
device	O
to	O
the	O
Gdium	B-Application
"	O
learning	O
community	O
"	O
—	O
a	O
website	O
that	O
provides	O
hardware	O
support	O
,	O
MIPS	B-Device
builds	O
of	O
open-source	B-Application
software	I-Application
,	O
Linux	B-Application
computing	O
tips	O
,	O
and	O
educational	O
resources	O
targeted	O
towards	O
teachers	O
and	O
students	O
within	O
the	O
K-12	O
demographic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
EMTEC	B-Application
Gdium	I-Application
Liberty	O
1000	O
is	O
built	O
on	O
an	O
STMicroelectronics	O
Loongson	B-Language
2F	O
MIPS	B-Device
microprocessor	B-Architecture
and	O
uses	O
a	O
proprietary	O
form-factored	O
USB	O
key	O
,	O
called	O
the	O
G-Key	O
,	O
as	O
its	O
primary	O
storage	O
medium	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
includes	O
an	O
SD	B-Device
card	I-Device
reader	O
,	O
which	O
provides	O
support	O
for	O
MMC	O
,	O
SD	O
and	O
SDHC	O
cards	O
as	O
supplemental	O
storage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Gdium	B-Application
uses	O
Mandriva	O
as	O
its	O
sole	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
and	O
boots	O
in	O
approximately	O
30	O
seconds	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
desktop	O
uses	O
the	O
Metacity	B-Language
window	O
manager	O
with	O
a	O
lxplanel	O
and	O
idesk-based	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
most	O
modern	O
Linux	B-Application
distributions	I-Application
,	O
open-source	B-Application
software	I-Application
applications	O
such	O
as	O
OpenOffice.org,	O
Mozilla	B-Application
Firefox	I-Application
,	O
Thunderbird	B-Application
,	O
and	O
The	B-Application
GIMP	I-Application
are	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
default	O
installation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
no	O
compilations	B-Language
of	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
OS	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
,	O
or	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
available	O
for	O
the	O
MIPS	B-Device
architecture	I-Device
,	O
but	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
Debian	O
offers	O
packages	O
compiled	B-Language
for	O
MIPS	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
EMTEC	B-Application
Gdium	I-Application
Liberty	O
1000	O
specifications	O
are	O
as	O
follows	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Gdium	B-Application
was	O
originally	O
planned	O
for	O
release	O
in	O
September	O
2008	O
,	O
but	O
after	O
multiple	O
hardware	O
and	O
software	O
glitches	O
attributed	O
to	O
poorly	O
managed	O
contracted	B-Architecture
labor	I-Architecture
across	O
France	O
and	O
China	O
,	O
the	O
product	O
was	O
delayed	O
until	O
end	O
of	O
February	O
2009	O
for	O
its	O
soft	O
launch	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gdium	B-Application
's	O
soft	O
launch	O
was	O
on	O
the	O
Belgium	O
market	O
and	O
received	O
a	O
mild	O
user	O
acceptance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
target	O
price	O
of	O
the	O
Gdium	B-Application
at	O
Euro	O
379	O
makes	O
the	O
Gdium	B-Application
an	O
expensive	O
and	O
poorly	O
valued	O
netbook	B-Device
given	O
its	O
modest	O
hardware	O
and	O
short	O
battery	O
life	O
.	O
</s>
