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Cherry on Linux
John Cherry is a long-time Linux advocate dedicated to facilitating the adoption of Linux in various markets. John has held positions with the OSDL and Linux Foundation.
Drivers. Which drivers?
October 25, 2007 | Comments Off
For years, the OSDL and Linux Foundation workgroups have stated that driver support for Linux is one of the top issues for Linux deployments. The 2007 Desktop Linux Survey brings out the same issue. Check out the responses to the following questions:
How important are the following potential issues to your organization’s decision to […]
Popularity: 61% [?]
Sadly, I am announcing that today is my last day with the Linux Foundation. The last six years have been a wild ride with OSDL, the merger, and the Linux Foundation. I have enjoyed the opportunity of managing the finest engineering group in the world and was able to work with all four […]
Popularity: 75% [?]
Announcing the 2007 Linux Desktop/Client Survey
October 16, 2007 | 2 Comments
Join Us in the Third Annual Desktop Linux Survey
Have your say on what desktop Linux really needs! Please Join us in the Third Annual Desktop Linux Survey, at:
www.linux-foundation.org/en/2007ClientSurvey
The survey will take only few minutes of your time, and your feedback is essential in helping us to focus our development efforts and accelerate the global adoption […]
Popularity: 53% [?]
Linspire 6.0 - good or evil?
October 15, 2007 | Comments Off
Linspire has announced the availability of Linspire 6.0, the company’s first commercial release in over two years. Linspire is perhaps the most Windows-like of all the commercial desktop distributions. A release the magnitude of a Linspire 6.0 should have caused rejoicing in the streets. After all, it is the first Linspire […]
Popularity: 66% [?]
NYT - Next Leap for Linux
October 4, 2007 | 2 Comments
This morning, the New York Times ran an article by Larry Magid called “Next Leap For Linux.”
After using the operating system for writing, Web surfing, graphic editing, movie watching and a few other tasks, it is easy to conclude that Linux can be an alternative to the major operating systems. But since common tasks like […]
Popularity: 68% [?]