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  • Novell: Linux desktop set to take off in 2007

    Linux on desktop computers will begin taking off in mainstream markets in the next 12 to 18 months, Novell president Ron Hovsepian has predicted.

  • GNOME 2.14 targets corporate desktops

    The next version of GNOME will include a number of tools aimed at making it easier for administrators to deploy the Linux desktop environment in enterprises.

  • Red Hat, Sun to boost desktop Linux

    Red Hat and Sun Microsystems are gearing up to sell Linux for desktop computers, the companies' chief executives have said

  • Ubuntu gets served by enterprise

    Canonical, the Linux distribution maker best known for the Ubuntu Linux desktop operating system, has taken the wraps off a new release of the server edition of its product.

  • Novell hopes its next desktop will leapfrog Windows

    Novell on Thursday unveiled the features that will be available in the next version of its Linux desktop product -- SuSE Linux Enterprise Desktop -- which the company claims will be more usable than any other desktop product on the market.

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  • Penguin Power 2002

    2002 was a good year for the open-source movement, with increasing adoption in the enterprise sector.

  • Sun to upgrade Linux desktop software

    Sun Microsystems plans to release the second version of its Java Desktop System, the server maker's version of Linux for desktop computers.

  • SuSE opens Linux desktop for Windows

    Linux distributor SuSE is hoping to get desktop users to switch to its operating system with a new edition of its software specifically designed for office workers.

  • Is it time for Linux on the desktop?

    Another year has gone by--an eternity in software-development terms--and it's time once again for PC users to ask themselves: Is Linux ready for the desktop?

  • Ximian's desktop Linux talks to Windows

    Ximian, hoping to accelerate the pace of Linux desktop adoption, releases a new version of its main software package for PCs which adds and/or upgrades several new features.

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Reviews (17)

  • Linux desktop KDE 2.2.1 rivals Windows

    Touted as a powerful, yet easy-to-use Internet-enabled desktop, KDE 2.2.1 lives up to all expectations. Despite appearances, version 2.2.1 is much more than a minor 'dot' iteration of its previous manifestation, KDE 2.1. Numerous bug fixes have been incorporated into the product, and many enhancements have been made.

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

    Production-quality XenSource virtualisation is the main selling point here, with optional clustering and storage virtualisation to go with it. But there's a lot more besides, making the new Red Hat Enterprise Linux a compelling solution for businesses of all sizes.

  • SuSE Linux Desktop

    Can you use a Linux system successfully in a Windows-dominated environment? That's what SuSE's Linux Desktop is designed to facilitate. We find that you can, although there are plenty of glitches to iron out.

  • Why Linux is a desktop dud

    Software engineer Don Soegaard writes that the GNU/Linux community can shelve its ambitions to challenge Windows if it keeps failing to develop easier-to-use productivity tools for desktop users.

  • SuSE plans 2003 Linux desktop push

    SuSE plans to announce in January an effort to bring the open-source Linux operating system to desktop computers, an attack on Microsoft that will be bolder than similar initiatives from Red Hat and Sun Microsystems.

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