Declaring victory for the Linux desktop at the end of the day will based upon looking at market penetration of Linux based clients vs. Windows and other operating systems. I believe this is still the best measure but we may finally be able to declare this year the breakout of the Linux desktop.
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Novell Gets Close to Linux Foundation, Microsoft Gets Closer to Novell
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The Linux Foundation treats Novell like a special guest while Microsoft continues its investments in Utah
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Canonical Joins The Linux Foundation
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Commercial sponsor of Ubuntu ® looks to support cross-industry collaboration and promotion to fuel Linux growth. The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux, today announced that Canonical has become a member of the Foundation.
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Linux Graphics, a Tale of Three Drivers
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The purpose of this essay is to illustrate by example the strengths and weaknesses of the open source development model versus the binary driver one.
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Red Hat leads open source contributions to Linux Kernel
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Linux distribution vendor Red Hat has streaked ahead as the leading corporate contributor to the ongoing open source project, the Linux Kernel.
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Survey says ... Linux desktop is ever more popular
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The first thing we can say about the Linux desktop in 2007 is that there are more users than ever. The Linux Foundation 2006 survey had fewer than 10,000 people signing in. This year more than 20,000 Linux desktop users reported in.
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Linux event planned for China
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The growing prominence of Linux in China is resulting in an industry event to take place there in February, co-sponsored by the Linux Foundation and Chinese OSS Promotion Union, the foundation announced Monday.
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Desktop Linux on the rise, Linux Foundation reports
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What do Linux users want from their desktop? The Linux Foundation's survey has the answers.
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Where are the American Linux desktop users?
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Linux users from around the world are filling out the Linux Foundation's desktop survey. But what John Cherry, the foundation's director of global Linux workgroups, wants to know is, "Where are the responses from the North America?"
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What does the Linux desktop really need?
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Once again, the Linux Foundation Desktop Linux (DTL) workgroup is polling users to find out what desktop Linux really needs. While the foundation folks conduct the poll (and I'd encourage Linux Magazine readers to participate), let me share my top three priorities for the Linux desktop in 2008: Applications, multimedia, and polish.
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Linux Foundation to begin third annual desktop Linux survey
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The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux, will announce its third annual desktop Linux survey on Oct. 17.
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Linux Foundation Statement on OOXML
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On September 2, the comment and voting period will close on ISO/IEC DIS 29500, the draft specification based upon Microsoft's Office Open XML formats (OOXML). The Linux Foundation (LF) has received questions from outside its membership regarding its position on adoption of OOXML in its current form as a global standard, and on the adoption process itself.
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Ask a penguin to see which way Linux wind blows
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The nonprofit Linux Foundation has unveiled the Linux Weather Forecast, a Web site aimed at giving people a better sense of the status of specific Linux kernel projects.
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Linux Foundation calls for 'respect for Microsoft'
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Linux needs to recognise Microsoft's leadership in some areas to better itself, Jim Zemlin, executive director for the Linux Foundation told delegates at the Linuxworld tradeshow in San Fransisco.
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Linux group adds open-source attorneys to team
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"The Linux Foundation Wednesday revealed that two attorneys well-known in the open-source community will make up the legal team for the group, which is aimed at protecting the interests of Linux in the community."
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