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Linux newbies get a helping hand
January 5, 2006
A popular online quiz is helping companies and home users to choose among desktop Linux products.
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E-mail 'crucial' to future of desktop Linux
December 1, 2005
Spread of open source on the desktop could falter unless e-mail applications improve, a new study says.
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Desktop Linux a vehicle for pirating Windows
September 29, 2004
Consulting firm reports that about 40 percent of Linux PCs will be modified to run an illegal copy of Windows.
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Device support 'key' to desktop Linux
April 5, 2006
Hardware makers should do more to make devices compatible with the open-source OS, experts tell LinuxWorld attendees.
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Novell: Vista will drive users to Linux
September 12, 2005
Jack Messman claims that the cost of moving to Windows Vista will prompt users to consider moving to desktop Linux.
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Pioneering desktop Linux project put on ice
September 5, 2006
Norwegian city won't make shift soon, but the man behind the plan denies that the project has been canned.
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Adobe dipping toes into desktop Linux waters
November 3, 2004
Job postings reveal company's increasing Linux involvement, even if Photoshop won't run on open source anytime soon.
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Indiana schools enroll Linux
August 5, 2005
Hundreds of thousands of Linux machines could eventually be used in Indiana schools, if a pilot project goes well.
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Red Hat tries new desktop Linux angle
May 10, 2007
Red Hat Global Desktop, the company's latest PC-oriented Linux product, is aimed for users in developing nations.
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Novell's shift to open source makes slow progress
April 11, 2006
Two years after Novell first mooted a company migration to Linux, 60 percent of its staff can still boot Windows at work.
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FreeBSD vows to compete with desktop Linux
May 12, 2006
Unix descendent to match Linux on features, with GNOME support expected this year, according to core developer.
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Novell spiffs up its desktop Linux software
October 6, 2004
Software maker has its eye on consumers who might be ready to make the switch from Windows.
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Intel more active in desktop Linux
November 24, 2004
Company begins effort to make it easier for sales partners in China, India to sell desktop computers running Linux.
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Linspire giving away desktop Linux OS
September 2, 2005
Called Linspire Five-O, the operating system, normally available for $49.95, is available for free until Sept. 6.
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Desktop Linux thinks small
September 20, 2004
A new report sees growing opportunity for the open-source operating system to displace Windows in small offices.
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ThinkPad--now with Suse Linux
August 15, 2006
Novell and Lenovo are teaming up on a new ThinkPad laptop with Novell's Suse Linux operating system preinstalled.
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$100 laptop 'will boost desktop Linux'
June 2, 2006
The head of the One Laptop per Child project says he must be doing something right if he's upsetting Microsoft and Intel.
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This week in open-source news
November 5, 2004
Adobe quietly begins testing the waters to increase its involvement in desktop Linux. Also: Open-source Web browsers Mozilla and Firefox post gains over Microsoft's Internet Explorer.
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Linux on the desktop--almost there again?
August 9, 2005
The buzz over breaking the Windows stronghold has died down considerably, but it hasn't been silenced.
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