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KDE starts testing version 4.1
News KDE, the desktop software project widely used on Linux systems, this week released the first test version of KDE 4.1, a significant upgrade and the second edition of KDE to use the Qt 4 application development framework.
[May 30, 2008, 17:10]
IBM throws weight behind desktop Linux
Talkback But in order for Linux to captivate a significant share of the desktop market, someone has to groom it for the backwards technology segment. Speaking as a techno-naif, Linux has several attractive features vis-a-vis Windows.
[November 11, 2003, 1:44]
Vista launch 'will boost desktop Linux'
News The launch of Windows Vista has created a huge opportunity for Linux vendors to take a larger share of the corporate desktop market, according to the president of Linux Australia. Right now is probably one of the biggest opportunities that Linux...
[January 15, 2007, 14:41]
Trolltech gets funding boost
News Linux developer Trolltech has gained $6.7m (£3.7m) funding for its embedded software and cross-platform desktop developments. The market for Linux is quickly extending beyond the data centre into embedded devices and onto the desktop," said Haavard...
[May 23, 2005, 16:10]
Lindows primes for public offering
News Lindows markets Linux-based operating system software and services designed specifically for desktop and laptop computers. The filing also reveals that Lindows is suing Xandros, which sells a competing desktop Linux package based on products...
[April 21, 2004, 9:00]
Red Hat recommends Windows for consumers
Talkback I'd have thought that with the multitude of high-profile viruses that are in circulation (Windoze, of course) this would make Linux perfect for the home desktop - as most home users don't have the know-how (and, in all honesty, the common sense...
[November 5, 2003, 9:03]
TurboLinux makes desktop debut
News As is the case with the latest desktop versions of Linux from Red Hat Software and Caldera Systems, TurboLinux Workstation 3.6 uses the Linux 2.2 kernel, which means it runs on a range of older hardware but doesn't support newer technology such as...
[September 9, 1999, 10:59]
SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 in Manufacturing
White Papers In addition, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop is the best desktop Linux operating system for businesses today. SUSE Linux Enterprise is the Platform for the Open Enterprise. It includes SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, which is designed to handle mission...
[September 15, 2007, 1:01]
HP to support Mandrake Linux on the desktop
News The agreement, announced on Tuesday ahead of the LinuxWorld Expo, will see HP build and promote Mandrake Linux-based desktop PCs for European and North American businesses. The HP deal aims to address some of the problems that have prevented...
[January 30, 2002, 17:04]
New SuSE Linux to debut next month
News Linux distributor SuSE on Tuesday said it plans to ship a new release of its desktop operating system next month. SuSE Linux 9.0 adds support for Advanced Micro Devices' 64-bit Athlon processor, allows easier migration from Windows and includes a...
[September 30, 2003, 14:20]
Dell adds a Linux Dimension
News On the desktop, Dell has been installing Linux on its Precision workstations for a couple years. The machine is designed for US customers who want to run open-source software such as Linux instead of Windows.
[October 5, 2005, 9:40]
Get your red-hot Linux apps
News Starting next week in retail stores across the United States, four brand-new Linux desktop applications will make their debut. Linux desktop apps? Next on his plate: a full desktop office suite, a la Microsoft Office or Corel WordPerfect Office...
[October 20, 2000, 14:09]
Gnome Linux to attack Windows
News A high-profile group of companies is expected to back the Gnome Linux interface as a serious competitor to Windows on desktop systems. Gnome (GNU Network Object Model Environment) is in a battle with KDE (K Desktop Environment) for dominance among...
[August 15, 2000, 8:45]
Outlook clone links Linux to MS Exchange
News Ximian has supported the open-source Gnome desktop software project for Linux computers for some time; indeed, Ximian co-founder Miguel de Icaza was the founder of Gnome. Ximian, long an open-source software company, will do business the...
[December 4, 2001, 9:59]
Why we're sorry to see Linspire go
Blog In its day, the company did a lot to promote Linux on the desktop, and won a lot of friends by beating Microsoft in a lawsuit over its use of the name Lindows. Linspire CEO Michael Robertson has said, more or less, that Linspire - and desktop Linux...
[July 6, 2008, 8:39]
No Office on Linux 'at this time'
News Microsoft has rejected porting its Office productivity suite to Linux anytime soon, despite the growing popularity of open source on the desktop. Speaking at the LinuxWorld conference in London on Wednesday, Microsoft's head of platform strategy...
[October 5, 2005, 17:45]
Fedora 5 released
News However, Windows still dominates the desktop computer market, despite years of Linux fans trying to make their products more polished and easy to use. Fedora is a proving ground for features later incorporated into the premium Red Hat Enterprise...
[March 22, 2006, 8:15]
Comment: Not Your Garden-Variety GNOME
News The subject is GNOME, a Linux desktop designed to ease GUI development, simplify communications between applications, and offer a consistent look and feel. Unlike most other free software projects, GNOME has laboured under the shadow of another...
[March 30, 1999, 14:25]
Desktop Linux backer gets new chief
News Xandros, inheritor of the software from Corel's ill-fated foray into the desktop Linux market, has named a new chief executive and plans to release a new version of its product in late November. Xandros sells a version of Linux geared for the...
[October 30, 2003, 9:45]
Sun kills Cobalt
News Sun sells Linux for the desktop in the shape of the Sun Java Desktop, but its current server line now runs Solaris exclusively. Sun has since learnt to live with these high volume technologies; it is continuing its Linux experiments, most recently...
[December 31, 2003, 9:55]
