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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.

Wednesday, October 14 2009 07:06 PM

Tags: Linux desktop OS, Open source, Open Source, Ovum, Operating System, GUI, Microsoft Corp., Linux Desktop Experience, Sales, Microsoft Windows

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.

Thursday, October 08 2009 07:01 PM

Tags: Linux desktop OS, Notebooks and tablets, Thin clients, Apple Inc., Operating System, Netvibes, Jolicloud OS, Plug-in, Apple Macintosh, ASUS

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.

Monday, April 06 2009 07:28 PM

Tags: Processors, Development/design, Linux desktop OS, ARM, Intel Corp., Mobile, Asia-Pacific, Ubuntu, MIDs, Intel Atom

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.

Wednesday, July 08 2009 03:50 PM

Tags: Notebooks and tablets, Linux desktop OS, Linux, Google Inc., Web Browser, Google Chrome, operating system, Web Application, computer, blog

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.

Monday, May 18 2009 09:15 AM

Tags: Linux desktop OS, Apple Mac OS X, Ubuntu, Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS, operating system, software, Microsoft Windows, Linux, desktop

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.

Thursday, July 09 2009 07:38 AM

Tags: Linux desktop OS, Notebooks and tablets, Linux server OS, Personal Computers, Web services, Web browsers, Palm Inc., Android, Google Inc., Web Browser

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.

Tuesday, April 07 2009 10:57 AM

Tags: Linux desktop OS, Gentoo, AMD64, kFreeBSD, Kernel, operating system, Debian, Linux Kernel, BSD, Hardware

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.

Friday, December 05 2008 08:20 AM

Tags: Desktops, Web browsers, Linux desktop OS, Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., Virtual Desktop, back-office server, collaboration tool, desktop hardware

Demand for Linux PCs varies across Asia

News PCs sold to consumers with Linux OSes installed are receiving positive response, but this varies between different markets in the region, say manufacturers.

Wednesday, November 12 2008 07:56 PM

Tags: Linux desktop OS, Hewlett-Packard Co., PC Company, operating system, ASUS, Everex, Microsoft Windows, marketing, Linux, Dell Computer Corp.

Shuttleworth: Open source desktops need a facelift

News Chief executive Mark Shuttleworth has said Canonical is hiring a team to make open source desktop software more appealing.

Friday, September 12 2008 09:48 AM

Tags: Open source, Linux desktop OS, OpenOffice, KDE, GNOME, Ubuntu, Apple Macintosh, software, OpenGL, Mark Shuttleworth

KDE starts testing version 4.1

News The new release's aim is to make KDE 4.1 a full replacement for KDE 3--something the project admitted is not yet the case with version 4.0.

Monday, June 02 2008 08:17 AM

Tags: Linux desktop OS, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, KDE, Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS, performance, software, Linux, desktop

Linux is ready, but consumers are not

News Several experts weigh in on whether the open source operating system is ready for mainstream adoption and what it will take to make consumers embrace it.

Monday, May 05 2008 04:53 PM

Tags: Linux desktop OS, Linux, Apple Macintosh, Novell Inc., Apple Mac OS, Linux desktop, barrier, Dell Computer Corp., desktop, desktop OS

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.

Friday, November 20 2009 10:29 AM

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Linux desktop OS, Personal Computers, Google Inc., Operating System, software, Wi-Fi Hotspot, Web Browser, Google Chrome, Hardware