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Desktop Linux is Windows piracy aide
News In emerging markets, where desktop Linux enjoys wider popularity, the trend is even starker. As a result, the number of desktop Linux PCs that ship will exceed the actual percentage of Linux machines that get installed in the real world. [30 Sep 2004]
Desktop Linux 9 ready for release
News The company is expected to announce on Monday that Novell Linux Desktop 9 will be available on Thursday. The release represents the combination of a number of desktop-related products that Novell gained through its acquisition of SuSE Linux and... [08 Nov 2004]
Novell: Linux desktop set to take off
News Linux on desktop computers will begin taking off in mainstream markets in the next 12 to 18 months, Novell President Ron Hovsepian has predicted. Hovsepian believes that Novell's software - he pointed to his company's own forthcoming Suse Linux... [11 Apr 2006]
Desktop Linux - no cost savings, says Barclays CTO
News Linux is not a viable desktop proposition for most large organisations because the service issues surrounding it negate any cost savings on licence fees, according to the CTO of one of the largest IT operations in the world. [19 Dec 2003]
Red Hat: Linux consumer desktop not on the cards
News Red Hat has quashed speculation that it was planning a consumer desktop version of Linux to compete with Windows, saying it is focused on enterprise systems and would not be able to make such a product profitably. [21 Apr 2008]
Linux still not cracked the desktop
News Novell seems to have made more progress than other companies, with its Suse Linux Professional edition for home users and Novell Linux Desktop for the corporate office. Red Hat continues to dismiss any idea that it will offer a consumer version of... [10 Aug 2005]
'Desktop Linux for developing nations' guide from UN debuts
News A Linux desktop manual for novice PC users has been produced by a UN-funded organisation, the International Open Source Network (IOSN). It includes basic information on how to manage files, browse the Web and produce OpenOffice documents on a Linux... [24 Aug 2004]
Red Hat touts desktop Linux for developing world
News Red Hat has announced a new version of its Linux software aimed at desktop and laptop computer customers in developing nations. Desktop Linux has never been a major focus at Red Hat, whose profits chiefly have come from selling support... [10 May 2007]
Norwegian desktop Linux switch halted
News Ole-Bjorn Tuftedal, special adviser on contracts and technology for the city of Bergen, said on Monday that the desktop Linux migration would not happen for at least the next two years. The next stage of the project was to be a Linux migration on... [06 Sep 2006]
Corel pushes desktop Linux with chips alliance
News Corel has teamed-up with the PC Chips Group in an OEM alliance, which it believes will encourage a huge boost in Linux desktop users. With companies becoming more server-oriented, Cowpland wants to galvanise the push towards the desktop. [03 Nov 1999]
Lack of 'quality' email app hinders desktop Linux
News Email functionality will be the most significant factor governing the take-up of Linux on the desktop according to a study published this week. The Desktop Linux Client Survey 2005, organised by the Open Source Development Labs, found that the lack... [02 Dec 2005]
West Yorkshire police in secure Linux desktop trial
News Earlier this year Netproject was awarded a contract by the UK Police IT Organisation (PITO) to examine the issues of migrating to Linux computers on the desktop for police forces in England and Wales. [16 Oct 2002]
NHS to begin Sun desktop Linux trials
News The NHS is to begin trials of a desktop Linux software suite in a move it says could free up money for the frontline health service and save taxpayer millions of pounds. The health service will evaluate Sun Microsystems' Java Desktop System package... [05 Dec 2003]
$100 laptop 'will take desktop Linux global'
News The One Laptop per Child (OLPC) project will make Linux as popular on the desktop as it is on the server today, according to Nicholas Negroponte, head of the project and founder of MIT's media lab. He said: "One of the side-effects is that it will... [05 Jun 2006]
Novell launches Linux desktop services
News Network software maker Novell continued its move into the Linux market with the release on Tuesday of its first Linux-based desktop services package. Novell has jumped headlong into the growing market for Linux over the last several months, buying... [17 Dec 2003]
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