Linux Desktops

 

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Use of Linux desktops is on the rise, with an open source format that allows users to customize their PC desktop and the Linux networking capabilities that enable the corporate user to work within an enterprise network environment.

The Linux operating system is stable and secure, with exceptional Internet functionality. Also, the opportunity to modify the system to meet ever-shifting technology needs is considered to be one of its best features.

Check into the Linux Desktop Resource Center for up-to-the-minute news on product and support information, vendor profiles and how businesses are taking advantage of the cost-effective and secure nature of the Linux-based desktop.

 
  Key Concepts: linux on desktops, linux best practices, desktop management, linux os, open source applications  
:: Recent Insights on Linux Desktops ::
 

Why Linux Doesn't Work on the Consumer Desktop

Source: IT Business Edge Blogs

In my last post, I wrote of Google’s apparent intention to put Microsoft out of business. One of ...

Live Mesh: How Microsoft 5.0 Could Help Apple and Linux in the Enterprise

Source: IT Business Edge Blogs

This is a follow on to my post on Apple in the enterprise;

'Open Source Has Changed Microsoft' ... but Not Too Much

Source: IT Business Edge Blogs

The majority of Ray Ozzie's discussion with Microsoft's Most Vaulable Professionals (MVPs) at the annual summit ...

Red Hat's Desktop Goals

Source: Red Hat

This press release from Red Hat states the company's desktop goals for 2008 and 2009. As of now, Red Hat has no near-term plans to create a traditional consumer desktop product. ...

Asay Tells McAfee to Own up to Ignorance

Source: News.com

Blogger Matt Asay is baffled by McAfee's assertion that botnets are being helped along by open source technology. Asay says zombies are generally Windows computers and urges ...

Canonical Adds Parallels to Partner Repository

Source: ZDNet

To make installation easier, Canonical will make Parallels Workstation for Linux available to Ubuntu users through the desktop. The trial version can be accessed from a list on ...

Torvalds: Contentment Reason Users Haven't Switched to Linux

Source: Wired

According to Linus Torvalds, users aren't switching to Linux because they are content with the way things are. But the fact that change seems to irritate users could work in open ...

Linus Torvalds on Patents, Linux Desktop and More

Source: IT Business Edge Blogs

If you haven't seen or

French Gendarmerie Ditch Windows for Ubuntu

Source: IT Business Edge Blogs

After first abandoning Microsoft Office for OpenOffice and then giving up Internet Explorer for ...

Linux Desktop to Make Dent with Sub-Notebooks

Source: ZDNet

Thanks to sub-$400 -- soon to be sub-$300 -- notebooks, Internet access, PDA functionality and basic mail and document creation functionality are available at a rock-bottom price. ...

 
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