August 29, 2006
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The results of DesktopLinux.com’s 2006 Desktop Linux Market survey are in, and the votes are all tallied. This first article of a series offers a perspective on how the various desktop Linux distributions fared, and why. Before jumping into what … Continue reading
August 25, 2006
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Never forget that while he was unable to right Sun in recent years, McNealy wasn’t just an industry giant. He changed the IT world forever. In 1982, Scott McNealy founded Sun Microsystems with three graduate student friends — Andy Bechtolsheim, … Continue reading
August 25, 2006
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Eric S. Raymond is one of the founders of open-source, and a good deal of Linux’s early popularity came from his non-stop beating of the drum for the free software operating system. Then, a few years ago, he bowed out … Continue reading
August 14, 2006
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HP and Debian Linux may not sound like an obvious pairing, but on August 14 at LinuxWorld in San Francisco, HP announced that it has increased its Linux distribution support options for customers and will now support Debian Linux. Specifically, … Continue reading
August 4, 2006
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Finally. For years, the holy grail of the Linux desktop has been to get a major computer vendor to commit to preloading a Linux desktop. It finally happened. On August 4th, we found out that Lenovo Group, the company that … Continue reading
August 1, 2006
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Linspire CEO Kevin Carmony unveiled Freespire, a no-cost version of Linspire’s Linux distribution, in his keynote address at the Desktop Linux Summit on April 24. Freespire will be offered in both a completely open-source version as well as one that … Continue reading