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Group launches desktop Linux confab
September 4, 2003
A breakaway group of organizers has set up its own conference devoted to the use of Linux on ordinary desktop computers, after acrimony tainted a show held earlier this year.
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IBM warms to desktop Linux
November 8, 2003
Big Blue is expected to endorse the idea of using the open-source operating system for use on desktop computers.
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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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Lindows invites comparisons
June 11, 2004
The maker of desktop Linux will bundle two other versions of the open-source operating system with its own edition.
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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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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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Desktop Linux backer gets new CEO
October 29, 2003
Xandros, which bought the software from Corel's ill-fated foray into the desktop Linux market, names a new CEO and plans to release a new version of its product in November.
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Xandros polishes its desktop Linux
November 12, 2003
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Linare launches desktop Linux package
September 9, 2003
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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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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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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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IBM turns inward with Linux desktop project
January 8, 2004
Big Blue's CIO has directed the company to begin an internal initiative to evaluate Linux for use on desktop computers, a further endorsement of the open-source operating system.
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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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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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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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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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Sun to upgrade Linux desktop software
May 28, 2004
The second version of Java Desktop System will debut on Tuesday with extra features to lure developers. It's the latest part of Sun's effort to offset its server sales slump.
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Linux powers throw weight behind desktop version
November 12, 2003
Red Hat, IBM and an open-source consortium are each beginning serious work to advance Linux for use on desktop computers, possibly making the OS a more serious threat to Microsoft.
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Xandros gives away desktop Linux
June 10, 2004
Start-up revisits the idea of free open-source software--but at the expense of features.
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