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Linux Foundation to begin third annual desktop Linux survey —
Oct. 16, 2007 —
The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux, will announce its third annual desktop Linux survey on Oct. 17. This survey is not designed to measure how popular the Linux desktop is ...
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13 reasons why Linux should be on your desktop —
Oct. 16, 2007 —
 Opinion -- In this guest column, technology marketing consultant Kim Brebach, who last month published an essay titled "13 Reasons why Linux won't make it to a desktop near you," discovers why desktop Linux has thrived despite what he terms its "troubled childhood." ...
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Red Hat Global Desktop to appear in November —
Oct. 12, 2007 —
 When Red Hat announced its upcoming Linux desktop at its annual summit in May, the company predicted the Red Hat Global Desktop would be out by September. Now, delayed a bit, the new desktop Linux will be appearing in November, ...
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Patent-troll company attacks Novell and Red Hat —
Oct. 12, 2007 —
IP Innovation, a subsidiary of Acacia Technologies Group, has filed a patent infringement claim against Linux distributors Novell and Red Hat for violating U.S. Patent No. 5,072,412 for a User Interface with Multiple Workspaces for Sharing Display System Objects issued Dec. 10, 1991 along with two other similar patents. This ...
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Linspire 6.0 desktop Linux released —
Oct. 11, 2007 —
A bit later than expected, the troubled Linux distributor Linspire finally released the next version of its commercial desktop Linux: Linspire 6.0. ...
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Mandriva rolls out Linux 2008 —
Oct. 10, 2007 —
Lately, in the Linux desktop races, distributions like Ubuntu, PCLinuxOS and openSUSE have been taking most of the headlines. Older Linux company Mandriva isn't ready to concede the desktop market to these Linux distributions as it releases its newest version, Mandriva Linux 2008.
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An in-depth look at Puppy Linux —
Oct. 08, 2007 —
 Guest columnist Howard Fosdick has previously used Puppy Linux to successfully revive "mature" PCs. Now, he takes a broader, deeper look at the parsimonious distribution and its potential value on normal desktop PCs. ...
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New openSUSE arrives —
Oct. 04, 2007 —
 Analysis -- On Oct. 4, Novell released openSUSE 10.3, the newest version of its popular community Linux distribution. This version of openSUSE includes a flexible Linux-Windows dual-boot configuration, improved user interface, Microsoft Office file compatibility with the latest OpenOffice.org office productivity suite and enhanced multimedia support. ...
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Setting time the right way, the Linux way —
Oct. 03, 2007 —
Setting the right time the first time for your computers is easy with your own Linux-based NTP server. Read this article by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols on LinuxWatch.com, here....
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Full speed ahead for Linux drivers —
Oct. 01, 2007 —
Novell developer Greg Kroah-Hartman is moving into full-time work on his free Linux driver project. Read this article by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols on Linux-Watch.com, here. ...
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GPLv2 and GPLv3 for beginners —
Sep. 28, 2007 —
Do you find open source licenses a puzzle? Does reading stories about the legal side of open source give you the heebie-jeebies? If so, then we have the document for you. Read this blog post and associated whitepaper on Linux-Watch.com, here. ...
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Opinion: Night of the Living Vista —
Sep. 28, 2007 —
Vista has turned into the desktop operating system no one wants, and even Microsoft is beginning to get it. Read this entertaining and insightful column by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols on eWEEK.com, here. ...
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Nokia details Linux tablet WiMAX plans —
Sep. 28, 2007 —
Nokia has released details on its plans to ship WiMAX-enabled Internet tablets next year. The as-yet unnamed model or models in Nokia's Linux-powered "N-series" Internet Tablet line will support Sprint's "Xohm" WiMAX service. Read this story by Henry Kingman on LinuxDevices.com, here. ...
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Ubuntu snags top Linspire staffers —
Sep. 27, 2007 —
Linspire, the troubled Linux distribution vendor, has recently lost a top executive and a lead developer to the popular Ubuntu Linux distribution. Canonical, the company behind the Ubuntu, has hired former Linspire staffers Randy Linnell and Brian Thomason. ...
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Can Linux stop global warming? —
Sep. 27, 2007 —
A German company is touting its Linux-based thin-client technology as a climate change remediant. "2X Ltd" says businesses can halve computer-related electrical consumption by replacing PCs with Linux-based thin clients and its centralized management software. Read this article by Henry Kingman on LinuxDevices.com, here. ...
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First Ubuntu 7.10 ('Gutsy Gibbon') beta arrives —
Sep. 27, 2007 —
 Ubuntu fans rejoice! The first beta of the next Ubuntu 7.10, aka "Gutsy Gibbon," arrived on Sept. 27, complete with corresponding releases of its variants: Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu desktop editions, as well as a server edition. ...
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Linspire adds paid support option to Freespire —
Sep. 26, 2007 —
 Linspire, the company behind the Linspire commercial and Freespire community desktop Linux operating systems and CNR.com, a free Linux software delivery service, has announced the immediate availability of its first commercial paid support offerings for Freespire 2.0 users.
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Xandros 4: The best desktop Linux for Windows users —
Sep. 25, 2007 —
 What's the best desktop Linux? For me, it's SimplyMEPIS 6.5, soon to be replaced by 7.0. But this is both a dumb question and a dumb answer. The real question is: What's the best desktop operating system for you? ...
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OLPC "Give 1, Get 1" promo starts Nov. 12 in the U.S. —
Sep. 24, 2007 —
 One Laptop Per Child's "XO" device -- commonly referred to as the $100 Linux laptop -- will be offered as part of a "Give 1, Get 1" promotional program in the U.S. and Canada beginning Nov. 12, the organization's director of software said Sept. 24. ...
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'Open Minds' want Linux and open source in American schools —
Sep. 21, 2007 —
News about other countries' educational systems turning to Linux has become commonplace, but there are also efforts afoot to bring Linux and open-source to America's schools as well. Read this article by Steven J. Vaughan Nichols on Linux-Watch, here....
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GNOME 2.20 arrives on Linux desktops —
Sep. 20, 2007 —
 The first major update of GNOME, version 2.20, has arrived almost two and a half years after GNOME 2.10, its last big step forward. GNOME 2.20 boasts not just improvements to the desktop itself, but multiple significant improvements to GNOME's applications as well. ...
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