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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

Google taps student developers for OSS

News The search giant kicks off fifth year of its Summer of Code project, hoping to build on its successes in Singapore last year with more contributions this year.

Tuesday, March 24 2009 07:00 PM

Tags: Open source, Fedora Project, KDE, Google Inc., GNOME, Singapore, Developer, Environment, Linux desktop, Linux

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

Get a multi-item clipboard with Glipper

Techguide The productivity application allows users to store and re-use clipboard contents, and retains clipboard history across sessions.

Monday, June 22 2009 08:56 AM

Tags: Open source, Operating systems, Fedora Project, KDE, Hotkey, GNOME, Item, Tool, Apple Mac OS X, applet

Open source’s usability challenge

Insight commentary Ubuntu needs more usability. Getting it needs more than just goodwill and money.

Friday, September 19 2008 12:13 PM

Tags: Open source, Linux, Usability, Ubuntu, software, OpenGL, Mark Shuttleworth, Linux desktop, Apple iPhone, desktop

Red Hat to step up developer efforts

News CEO Jim Whitehurst pledges to boost open source vendor's efforts to drive developer activity, and says company is unfazed by desktop competition.

Friday, July 31 2009 06:45 PM

Tags: Open source, Linux, Red Hat Inc., Open-source Software, Ubuntu, software company, ISV, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, desktop, Open source

No thanks, Google--we've got Ubuntu

Insight perspective If there is one problem the open source community has suffered repeatedly over the past two decades, it's fragmentation. Google is about to make it worse.

Monday, July 20 2009 08:08 PM

Tags: Operating systems, Open source, Red Hat Inc., Google Inc., Web Browser, Ubuntu, Linux Community, Mark Shuttleworth, Linux Distribution, Linux

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

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

SuSE Linux 8.2 Professional

Product Reviews SuSE Linux 8.2 Professional

Monday, March 10 2008 11:17 AM

10 predictions for Linux and open source in 2009

Techguide The year holds a great deal of promise for the Linux OS and open source software--from an explosion in the mobile arena to widespread adoption of OpenOffice 3, says industry watcher.

Sunday, February 01 2009 01:15 PM

Tags: Open source, Linux, OpenOffice, Microsoft Corp., KDE, File System, GNOME, Ubuntu, operating system, GNOME 2.24

Inveneo Computing Station

Reviews The Inveneo Computing Station delivers reasonably good performance for a low-power PC. It's small, but an untidy assembly means it could be more convenient to handle.

Wednesday, February 20 2008 03:45 PM

10 reasons open source smartphones will win

Insight commentary The advantages of open source for smartphones go well beyond simple cost savings, says TechRepublic's Jack Wallen.

Sunday, July 05 2009 10:18 PM

Tags: Smart phones, Open source, Protocols and platforms, Apple Inc., Mobile, Smart Phone, Android, phone, Open-source Community, TCO

10 iptables rules to help secure your Linux box

Techguide Mastering iptables could take a while, but if you have a few rules to cover the basic security needs, you'll be well on your way to protecting your Linux system.

Sunday, April 12 2009 03:20 PM

Tags: Linux, Network security, Security Management, Packet, TCP, Security, Rule, SSH, IP, Linux Server