DAM-5 reports that the State of the Linux Desktop is strong

April 11, 2008 |

Yesterday I reported to the LF members and Jim Zemlin at the Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit closing session that the State of the Linux Desktop is strong. Based on the work of many open source communities, 2008 continues to be a break out year for the Linux desktop. We had 8 distros talk about their 2008 accomplishments and preload agreements. The OEM hardware panel reached an inflection point where the vendors are encouraging component and chipset vendors to deliver open source drivers as part of their procurement processes. KDE and Gnome desktop environments continue to innovate on the desktop user experience and improve the usability of the Linux desktop for broader user segments. The joint sessions with the OpenPrinting, LSB, Mobile and Driver Backport workgroups demonstrated the strong partnerships we continue to build by working together under the auspices of the Linux Foundation. I particularly enjoyed many of the Lightning Talks.

I’d like to thank all of the 75 attendees that joined us at the Desktop Architects Meeting 5, especially my co-moderators Alan Clark and Guy Lunardi

I’ve posted the DAM-5 Proceedings in the wiki
http://www.linux-foundation.org/en/Desktop_April_Summit_2008_Agenda

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  1. Amanda McPherson · On Embracing the Linux Desktop at the LF Collaboration Summit on April 15, 2008 12:21 pm

    […] The largest workgroup gathering at the Summit was the Desktop Architects meeting. One third of the attendees (if not slightly more) were members of the desktop community from such projects, companies and communities as Gnome, KDE, Ubuntu, Novell’s desktop group, OEM vendors selling Linux desktops such as Lenovo, Dell, HP, Asus, gOS, Everek, Zonbu, Xandros and many more. You can check out the detailed agenda here or John’s write up here. […]

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