Microsoft wants to control your Windows 10 desktop. Now are you ready to try a Linux desktop? Windows as a service? Now, there’s an argument for Linux. More>
April 12, 2017
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April 12, 2017
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Canonical CEO Jane Silber resigns
When Mark Shuttleworth, Canonical and Ubuntu Linux leader, stepped down as CEO in favor of COO Jane Silber in 2010, no one was too worried. Silber may not have been flashy, but she knew how to keep the company moving … Continue reading
April 12, 2017
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Where does the Ubuntu Linux desktop go from here?
Seven years ago, Canonical moved the Ubuntu Linux desktop from the Gnome 3.x interface to its own Unity front-end. By the release of Ubuntu 11.10, Unity had become Ubuntu’s default desktop. Even in these early days, Unity was meant to … Continue reading
April 6, 2017
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PAX: Android patent protection consortium formed
Linux and open-source software have had to content with intellectual property (IP) legal challenges for years. Now, Google has started a new effort to bring peace to potential Android IP sore points: PAX. PAX: Android patent protection consortium formed. More>
April 5, 2017
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Ubuntu switches to GNOME desktop and gives up smartphone hopes
Some of you may have been surprised when Canonical‘s founder Mark Shuttleworth announced Ubuntu Linux was ending its “investment in Unity8, the phone and convergence shell.” I wasn’t. Ubuntu had long been a cloud power and it’s been building its … Continue reading
April 4, 2017
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Sorry Windows, Android is now the most popular end-user operating system
For decades, the answer to the question “What’s the most popular operating system?” was Windows. You may not have liked it, but macOS, OS/2, Linux, you name it, couldn’t knock it off its pedestal. But, then along came smartphones and … Continue reading