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- Get Up To Speed: Alternative Linux Desktops
- If you have any interest in using the Linux operating system you will most likely want to get to know one of a handful of desktops available: GNOME, KDE, Enlightenment, XFCE, Compiz, etc. One of the best aspects of Linux is its versatility and variety. And with the desktop, there...
- Tags: Linux Desktop, Linux, Open Source, Desktops, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware
- Download resources 2008-07-11
- Developers criticize Nvidia, other holdouts for hindering Linux desktop
- Developers criticize Nvidia, other holdouts for hindering Linux desktopInteresting[i]We have repeatedly found them to be detrimental to Linux users, businesses and the greater Linux ecosystem,” the letter stated. “Such modules negate the openness, stability, flexibility and maintainability of the Linux development model and shut their users off from the expertise...
- Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Desktops, Linux desktop, Nvida, desktop, EXT, NVidia Corp., Linux, ATI Technologies Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-06-23
- Developers criticize Nvidia, other holdouts for hindering Linux desktop
- Linux kernel developers are getting tougher on Nvidia and a few other holdouts that have refused to release open source drivers. More than 100 Linux kernel developers – including top developer Andrew Morton – issued a letter today condemning closed source modules or drivers for Linux to be "harmful and...
- Tags: Desktop, Developer, Linux Desktop, NVidia Corp., Driver, Graphics, Linux Kernel Developer, Open Source Driver, Linux, UNIX, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-06-23
- 10 ways to secure your Linux desktop
- Out of the box, a Linux desktop is highly secure -- but this level of security doesn't necessarily involve specialized software or techniques. Sometimes, the easiest means to security are those measures that are the easiest to forget. Jack Wallen looks at 10 things you can do to secure your...
- Tags: Linux Desktop, Jack Wallen, Linux, Desktops, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware
- Download resources 2008-05-28
- Umm, Yummy: Mactel eats Lintel's desktop
- Red Hat recently issued a press release under the title What's Going On With Red Hat Desktop Systems? An Update whose content boiled down to "It's a loser, so We're bailing." Novell's SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 is a cool two year old product from a...
- Tags: Linux Desktop, Microsoft Windows Vista, Ubantu, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Operating Systems, Apple Mac OS, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Open Source, Desktops, UNIX, Software, Hardware, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-04-23
- Is it Microsoft or Ubuntu that scared Red Hat away from the desktop?
- I'm still digesting Red Hat's announcement that the company won't be focusing on the desktop market. But who is Red Hat really scared of - Microsoft or Ubuntu? Here's the meat of the announcement: It's worth pointing out what's missing in the list above: we have...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Linux Desktop, Red Hat Inc., Microsoft Corp., Desktops, Linux, Open Source, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-04-17
- Red Hat delivers its state of desktop Linux address: There's no money in targeting consumers
- Red Hat outlined a good chunk of its desktop Linux plans in a blog post, but noted that it has no intention of delivering a traditional consumer product. In a blog post, Red Hat delivered what could be called a state of its desktop Linux plans and...
- Tags: Linux Desktop, Red Hat Inc., Desktop Linux, Linux, Desktops, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-17
- MacOS and the Linux desktop lunch
- MacOS and the Linux desktop lunchIt comes back to value[i]I haven’t spent any time with Vista. Possibly, after a couple of releases, it’ll make Windows competitive again.[/i]Vista runs anywhere from $200 to $400 per seat, depending on whether it's OEM or retail. Unless Vista installs itself, there are going...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Desktops, desktop, OSX, support cost, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Linux, Microsoft Windows, hardware, Apple Mac OS X, Linux desktop, Apple Mac OS
- Discussion threads 2008-01-23
- For 2008 expect more Linux applications
- For 2008 expect more Linux applicationsLinux Desktop is pretty amazing ...It has shown an ability to thrive with a hardly measurable marketshare. It has easily the most highly energized fan base and the most highly motivated detractors of any computing technology in existence bar none. Each year it...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Linux desktop, Linux, Linux Applications, operating system
- Discussion threads 2007-12-18
- Notebook: IBM's Linux desktop installs; Notes evolution; Data center stats
- IBM has embraced Linux as its operating system of choice, but employees are slowly working toward using it on the desktop. As of yesterday, IBM had 24,190 Linux desktop installations within the company. That's out of 372,000 IBMers. So what's the holdup?...
- Tags: Desktop, Notebook, Linux Desktop, Data Center, IBM Lotus Notes, IBM Linux, IBM Corp., Linux, Data Centers, Desktops, E-mail Servers, Open Source, UNIX, Groupware, Operating Systems, Software, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Enterprise Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2007-12-18
- Revised WinXP policy dooms Linux desktop prospects without real OEM marketing efforts
- Revised WinXP policy dooms Linux desktop prospects without real OEM marketing effortsYou forgot that MS PAYS For those Ads on Dell's siteThere are TONS of "marketing funds" available from MS for vendors to push MS products over their competitors.Ever wonder why everyone says "XXX recommends Windows Vista"? It's not...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Desktops, Linux desktop, Linux, Dell Computer Corp., marketing, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., desktop
- Discussion threads 2007-09-25
- Revised WinXP policy dooms Linux desktop prospects without real OEM marketing efforts
- It should come as no surprise that HP is considering expanding its Linux PC efforts, given that its top rival is selling Ubuntu Linux PCs in the U.S and Microsoft is trying to kill any potential interest in them. HP began selling Red Hat Linux PCs...
- Tags: Desktop, Ubuntu, Marketing, Dell Computer Corp., Linux Desktop, Hewlett-Packard Co., PC, Microsoft Windows XP, Ubuntu Linux, Microsoft Corp., Linux PC, Linux, Desktops, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2007-09-25
- Moonlight to pump up Linux desktop, Microsoft's OpenXML standards effort?
- Moonlight to pump up Linux desktop, Microsoft's OpenXML standards effort?RE: Moonlight to pump up Linux desktop, Microsoft's OpenXML standards efforHi Dana It's good for them and probably Novell too. I don;t think that's how the open source community works. There is no clarity in Microsoft's approach. You see all the...
- Tags: Desktops, Microsoft Corp., desktop, open source, Linux, Linux desktop
- Discussion threads 2007-09-05
- Moonlight to pump up Linux desktop, Microsoft's OpenXML standards effort?
- Microsoft is cooperating with Novell on a project code-named "Moonlight" to port its Silverlight web development tool to Linux. On its face, this is big news because it is Microsoft's first real contribution to the open source desktop, reports Miguel de Icaza, of GNOME fame, and...
- Tags: Desktop, Linux, Linux Desktop, Microsoft Silverlight, Open Source, Microsoft Corp., Moonlight, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2007-09-05
- Dell Preloads Ubuntu Linux in Europe, Offers SUSE Linux Desktop in China
- Dell has begin shipping Ubuntu Linux preloaded on consumer PCs and notebooks in Europe and SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 on business PCs in China.Dell CTO Kevin Kettler announced the news during his keynote at LinuxWorld 2007, claiming such efforts will expand adoption of Linux on the desktop worldwide. The CTO displayed a photo of founder and chief executive officer Michael...
- Tags: Desktop, Ubuntu, Linux, Dell Computer Corp., Linux Desktop, SuSE Linux Desktop, Ubuntu Linux, SuSE Linux, SuSE, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2007-08-07
- Cleaning Up the Linux Desktop Audio Mess
- Desktop audio on Linux is a mess. There are just too many competing, incompatible sound systems around. Most current audio applications have to support every sound system in parallel and thus ship with sound abstraction layers with a more or less large number of back-end plug-ins. JACK clients are incompatible...
- Tags: Audio, Linux Desktop, Red Hat Inc., Client, OSS, Linux, Open Source, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware
- White papers 2007-06-30
- No politics please, we're Linux!
- No politics please, we're Linux!Fighting the wrong fightWindows wins in the corporate office where no choice exists. On the consumer front, where choice does exist, Mac OS X is making greater gains than you'll admit.nice excuse for a party at someone else's expenseLets get together for a few...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Desktops, Linux desktop, Linux Foundation, Linux, desktop, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2007-06-18
- Linux, Microsoft, and the $3 desktop
- As most of you know Mr. Gates went to China last week to announce a $3 license package. Heres the bullet as reported by cnets Ina Fried: Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates is using a speech in Beijing to unveil a new low-cost...
- Tags: Vistabulations, Linux, General
- Blog posts 2007-04-27
- SolutionBase: Working with Scribus for Linux desktop publishing
- Desktop publishing has long been the territory of Mac OS X workstations and, to a lesser extent, Windows machines. Jack Wallen shows you how to work with Scribus to turn your Linux workstation into a desktop publishing platform.
- Tags: Linux Desktop, Desktop Publishing, Linux, Desktops, Software, Operating Systems, Hardware
- Download resources 2007-04-16
- Open source organizes its developers, developers, developers
- Open source organizes its developers, developers, developersKiller IDEWhat's needed is a true killer IDE that's on the level of Visual Studio, and allows creation of GTK apps and QT apps, and includes a WYSIWYG forms designer integrated, as well as an integrated debugger, and a package deployment wizard, code completion...
- Tags: Java development tools, Desktops, Operating systems, developer, forms designer, Linux desktop, open source, Linux
- Discussion threads 2007-02-14
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