Sharp Offers Japan-Only Linux Mini-Note

Linux is always looking for new markets, and now it might have one via the ultra-small notebook space: Japan.

Sharp’s announced the PC-Z1–brand name: “NetWalker”–a product that could double as a slightly oversized mobile phone or a just-right mini-notebook. It runs an Ubuntu derivative (from the look of it, Netbook Remix or some variant thereof) and will have a street price of about $479 or ¬•45,000…