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One of Google Chrome OS's hardest tasks? Printing
News Printer drivers are a complicated problem to solve when building a new operating system, and Google hopes to come up with a unique solution for Chrome OS's launch.
Tags: Linux desktop OS, printer driver, Google Inc., Operating System, Web Browser, USB, Google Chrome, printer, printing, printer company
Linux-Windows gap to remain for five years
News Don't expect mainstream adoption for Linux five years down the road, even if Linux operating systems become more user-friendly, say analysts.
Tags: Linux desktop OS, Open source, Open Source, Ovum, Operating System, GUI, Linux Desktop Experience, Microsoft Corp., Sales, Microsoft Windows
MIDs to bring Linux to Asia-Pacific
News Mobile Internet devices are expected to gain popularity in Asia, and will help bring Linux to mainstream consumers in the region, says analyst.
Tags: Processors, Development/design, Linux desktop OS, ARM, Intel Corp., Mobile, Asia-Pacific, Ubuntu, MIDs, Intel Atom
Jolicloud to usher return of thin client
News Web ubiquity and emergence of netbooks that ride on maturing cloud platform will push thin clients mainstream, says Tariq Krim, founder of Linux OS maker.
Tags: Linux desktop OS, Notebooks and tablets, Thin clients, Apple Inc., Operating System, Netvibes, Jolicloud OS, Plug-in, Apple Macintosh, ASUS
Debian gets FreeBSD kernel support
News The open source Debian operating system has gained support for the FreeBSD kernel, allowing users to run the same OS on two different software cores.
Tags: Linux desktop OS, Gentoo, Kernel, operating system, Debian, Linux Kernel, BSD, AMD64, kFreeBSD, Hardware
Ubuntu gets Web-based file sync and sharing
News Beta-testing is under way for the Ubuntu One synchronization service for those running the Jaunty Jackalope version of the Linux software, aka Ubuntu 9.04.
Tags: Linux desktop OS, Apple Mac OS X, Ubuntu, Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS, operating system, software, Microsoft Windows, Linux, desktop
IBM: Linux in 2018?
Videos Open-source exec's vision of the Linux desktop
Tags: Linux, Server platforms, Linux server OS
Open source needs successful champions
News Open source industry needs profitable proponents to illustrate success, attract funding and encourage participation, says Red Hat CEO.
Tags: Open source, Linux server OS, Open Source, Google Inc., revenue, Asia, Red Hat Inc., U.S., ISV, open-source company
Google plans OS based on Chrome browser
News Google's browser project is the foundation for a Web-based operating system. Chrome OS netbooks are due in 2010.
Tags: Notebooks and tablets, Linux desktop OS, Linux, Google Inc., Web Browser, Google Chrome, operating system, Web Application, computer, blog
Windows server has Linux in crosshairs
News Targeted at lower-priced competition like Linux, Microsoft's new entry-level server product is targeted at small, cost-conscious businesses in Asia, says exec.
Tags: Linux server OS, Server platforms, x86-standard servers, Microsoft Corp., Small Business, software company, operating system, Server, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Server
IBM's 'Microsoft-free' desktop cuts costs by half
News IBM has made available a Linux-based collection of virtual desktop applications that run on a server without the need for desktop hardware--or Microsoft software, according to a report on The Wall Street Journal's Web site.
Tags: Desktops, Web browsers, Linux desktop OS, Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., Virtual Desktop, Server, back-office server, collaboration tool
Google has its own plan for netbooks
News No, the search giant isn't saying it will build a netbook. But it sure knows what it would like one running Chrome OS to resemble, and that's a little different from the netbook of today.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Linux desktop OS, Personal Computers, Google Inc., Operating System, Wi-Fi Hotspot, software, Web Browser, Google Chrome, Hardware
Why Chrome OS? Google says, why not?
News Google says it is building Chrome OS because it wants to improve the experience of using a computer. Of course, getting more people to spend their lives online and searching can't hurt.
Tags: Linux desktop OS, Notebooks and tablets, Linux server OS, Personal Computers, Web services, Web browsers, Palm Inc., Android, Google Inc., Web Browser
Microsoft testing Excel for supercomputers
News At the Supercomputing 2009 conference, Microsoft releases an updated version of Windows Server for high-performance computers as well as a compute cluster version of its Excel spreadsheet.
Tags: Multiprocessor servers, Linux server OS, Server platforms, Portland, Conference, Microsoft Corp., software, Server, Supercomputing, supercomputer
Ubuntu's new Linux tries getting cloud-friendly
News Canonical's newest versions of Linux are due Thursday. Notable features: synchronization for PCs and a built-in replica of Amazon Web Services for servers.
Tags: Linux, Operating System, Amazon.com Inc., Chrome OS, Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud, EC2, software, Ubuntu, Web Service, Amazon Web Services
