The name may conjure up images of an evil galactic overlord, but fortunately Zonbu is not here to enslave us. Quite the opposite -- the company aims to offer freedom from many of the headaches associated with owning and maintaining a conventional (read: Windows) PC.

Zonbu's notebook -- also known as the Zonbook -- runs a version of Gentoo Linux rather than Windows and is sold with an accompanying subscription service. The pricing model is similar to that of the cellular phone industry: The longer you commit to maintaining your subscription, the less you have to pay up front for the hardware (whether the Zonbook or the small-form-factor desktop at left, offered under a similar arrangement).

A Zonbu subscription costs $14.95 monthly and gets you automatic, transparent updates of the laptop's operating system, drivers, and 20-odd preinstalled applications. Continuous, automatic backup using 50GB of online storage is also part of the deal, as is browser-based remote access to your data from Zonbu's servers.

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