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Linspire Launches 'mass-market' Desktop
News Linux provider Linspire on Wednesday launched version five of its Linux desktop system, which it claims offers much improved usability through a new graphical interface. Michael Robertson, chief executive of Linspire, said the changes to the user...
[March 17, 2005, 14:00]
KDE Project Launches New Desktop
News However, while Linux is said to account for as much as a third of the server market, it has yet to make much headway on the desktop -- partly because of the lack of an easy-to-use user interface. KDE is a collaboration by hundreds of independent...
[August 16, 2001, 16:54]
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. Compaq, HP and IBM are expected to say they will offer Gnome as the standard interface on the versions of Linux...
[August 15, 2000, 8:45]
Ximian Software Gets SuSE Support
News Ximian Desktop provides a graphical user interface for Unix-based operating systems such as Linux, polishing technology from the Gnome project. Novell has updated Ximian Desktop 2, its end-user software for Unix-based systems, adding more...
[January 7, 2004, 11:45]
New KDE To Arrive With Halloween Eye Candy
News The release improves the software's speed, a major complaint amongst Linux users, who have the option of reverting to a bare-bones graphical user interface for maximum performance. Red Hat, by far the largest Linux distributor, is using an...
[October 17, 2002, 16:58]
Comdex '99: Corel Puts A Penguin The Desktop
News Comdex is finally here and so is the first end-user Linux. While Michael Copeland, Corel CEO, claims that with this release, "Linux is as user friendly as Windows. Considering how easy and powerful this Linux is, administrators, too, may find it...
[November 17, 1999, 9:52]
Fedora 5 Released
News Both of Linux's major graphical user interface packages, GNOME and KDE, have been updated to versions 2.14 and 3.5, respectively. For those with advanced graphics abilities, Fedora Core 5 includes support for Accelerated Indirect GL X, which adds...
[March 22, 2006, 8:15]
KDE Brings Safari Improvements To Linux
News KDE is one of two major packages offering a graphical user interface and integrated applications for Unix and Linux, the main alternative being Gnome. KDE is used as the default interface on systems including Ark Linux, Conectiva, Knoppix, Lindows...
[February 5, 2004, 10:35]
Novell Merges Linux Tech Into New Product
News The new desktop software also includes the Ximian Desktop version of the GNOME user interface and software suite, and it's customised to work smoothly with Novell's GroupWise server software for email, calendars, contact lists and instant messaging.
[August 9, 2004, 11:30]
Sun Shares A Portion Of Java
News In a move that reflects the growing power of the open-source programming movement, Sun Microsystems plans on Monday to share a modest chunk of Java source code, releasing an experimental user interface for desktop computers called Project Looking...
[June 28, 2004, 8:40]
Open Source Fans Try To Outflank .Net
News Ximian, a Boston company that works on the Gnome user interface for Linux, is scheduled to announce Monday a software project called "Mono" intended to compete against Microsoft.Net, according to sources familiar with the plan.
[July 5, 2001, 12:29]
LinuxWorld: Linux Readies Its Desktop Assault
News Gnome -- in conjunction with KDE, another interface project, and Wine, an emulator that lets people run Windows applications on Linux -- could boost the operating system's use among consumers and, potentially, launch Linux onto the Windows...
[March 4, 1999, 9:27]
Linux On The PowerPC
News Users can now make a Linux box look like a Mac and can make the windows look as if they are made from stone or wood, and the company said the user interface runs much faster that the one in LinuxPPC 4.
[June 16, 1999, 8:41]
Kopernicus: Linux Is Made Easy
News The Gnome Foundation, a group of open source and commercial software and hardware vendors, is working to evolve the Gnome Linux/Unix user interface, as well. Available for free KDE, for its part, is based on the Trolltech Qt graphical user...
[October 25, 2000, 7:34]
Linux Desktop: Closer Than You Think
News Indeed, members of the Free Software Foundation (FSF) -- a non-profit group in America that promotes shared software -- have ambitious plans for Gnome, a user-interface project that's designed to make Linux more accessible.
[August 13, 1999, 9:17]
Gnome Throws Down The Gauntlet
News As part of Tuesday's Gnome Foundation unveiling, Compaq Computer, Hewlett-Packard, IBM and Sun's hardware business all lent their backing, by committing to make the Gnome interface an integrated part of the client user interfaces going forward.
[August 16, 2000, 9:01]
GNOME And KDE Battle Rages On
News A debate sparked late last year by Linus Torvalds over the best Linux desktop environment is still continuing on blogs around the world. In mid December, Torvalds, the creator of Linux and the maintainer of its development kernel, said KDE was...
[January 4, 2006, 11:25]
New Gnome Software Emerges
News In September, dominant Linux vendor Red Hat raised some hackles in the Gnome and KDE developer communities by creating a single interface, called Bluecurve, that airbrushes the differences between the two desktops.
[February 6, 2003, 13:25]
Vista Launch 'will Boost Desktop Linux'
News Clearly some of the changes to the user interface may well be things that users find attractive. 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...
[January 15, 2007, 14:41]
Adobe Puts Its Muscle Behind Apollo
News Many websites are not taking advantage of the better user interface possible with today's web environment, Chizen said. That means that AJAX-style applications, which are allow for an interactive user interface, will work with Apollo.
[October 26, 2006, 11:30]
