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| | Making Desktop Linux Happen - O'Reilly XML Blog |
 | | The Open CD project is about collecting high-quality open-source desktop application software that works on Windows, and most if not all of it works on Linux. | | | OSDL has a Desktop Linux Working Group, whose charter is “[to work] with the open source community to identify a broad set of Linux desktop models, develop specifications and deliver reference implementations to accelerate their growth.” | | | It’ll never be easy to move a Fortune 500 company’s thousands of desktop users to a new operating system, whether that means upgrading to a newer release of Windows XP or migrating to Linux. |
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http://www.oreillynet.com/xml/blog/2005/06/making_desktop_linux_happen.html
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| | SUSE Linux - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | This change in philosophy led to the release of the SUSE Linux 10.0 release on October 6, 2005 in "OSS" (completely opensource), "eval" (has both open source and proprietary applications and is actually a fully-featured version) and retail boxed-set editions. | | | In mid-1992, Softlanding Linux System (SLS) was founded by Peter MacDonald, and was the first comprehensive distribution to contain elements such as X and TCP/IP. | | | SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) is the most popular Linux distribution for the most powerful Linux server, the IBM System z9 mainframe. |
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| | NewsForge Desktop Linux Consortium Conference debuts |
| | Desktop Linux Consortium was formed earlier this year with the three-part goal of educating, advocating, and connecting Linux desktop software. | | | Perens suggested a so-called User Linux should be in the context of the Debian system except for software that Debian would not accept, such a non-open source 3D drivers. | | | Barriers to desktop Linux are application availability and interoperability of file formats and protocols, as well as support costs, Friedman said. |
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http://www.newsforge.com/business/03/11/11/1732233.shtml?tid=18&tid=2&tid=35&tid=82&tid=85&tid=94
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| | desktoplinux |
| | I feel that most knowledgeable developers will say that Linux as well as other operating systems that use X11 as their graphical user interface are ready for the desktop. | | | Bruce Perens, Director of the Linux Desktop Consortium has pointed to Debian as the new model of user-supported enterprise Linux. | | | Prior to the Desktop Linux Conference, I did extensive testing and evaluation of several Linux distributions including Sun's Live CD Beta, Lycoris, Xandros 1.1, SuSE 9.0, Red Hat 9.0, Gentoo, Debian and Ximian Desktop 2 on SuSE 8.2 and Red Hat 9. |
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| | Disgruntled Linux firms organise own conference - Builder UK |
| | The Desktop Linux Conference, which will discuss the use of the open-source operating system on ordinary desktop computers, is scheduled for 10 November at Boston University, the Desktop Linux Consortium said Thursday. | | | Recently, though, computing companies have begun pushing the operating system for desktop use as well -- even though this is a challenge, given the technical difficulties of using Linux and the dominance of Microsoft software for desktop computers. | | | Perens is executive director of the Desktop Linux Consortium. |
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| | LWN: Debian joins Desktop Linux Consortium |
| | The Desktop Linux Consortium is a vendor-neutral association which is comprised of both commercial companies and open source organizations that are developing and shaping GNU/Linux desktop technologies. | | | You should also consider that Debian is the preferred distribution of Linux and Free Software developers (45% overall, nobody else comes close) and that most of those folks do run it on their desktop. | | | The configuration of your desktop has far more to do with which software you choose to run and how you set it up than the distribution you get your software from. |
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http://lwn.net/Articles/22200
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| | Advocates join to promote desktop Linux - ZDNet UK News |
| | Most agree that Linux is too technical for average desktop computer users, but efforts are under way to improve it. | | | Companies behind the Desktop Linux Consortium include several Linux sellers such as SuSE, MandrakeSoft, Lycoris, Xandros and ArkLinux; CodeWeavers, which sells software to help run Windows programs on Linux systems; OpenOffice, an open-source competitor to Microsoft Office; and the KDE user interface software. | | | Several companies have joined to launch a consortium to promote Linux for desktop computers, a significant expansion for an operating system that today fits more comfortably on servers. |
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| | On the Scene at the Boston Desktop Linux Consortium Linux Journal |
| | The attendees and presenters were a mix of the top tier of Linux desktop developers, including Nat Friedman of recently purchased Ximian, to other folks in the Linux desktop community, such as Sam Hiser from OpenOffice.org. | | | Freedesktop.org supports other forward-looking projects, and some smaller but important basic building blocks of the Linux Desktop are making it their on-line home. | | | That is encouraging news, as one of the key missing ingredients on the Linux desktop is high quality fonts. |
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| | Wired News: Yet Another Rendition of Linux |
| | Nat Friedman, who sold his desktop Linux software company, Ximian, to Novell last summer, said that fans of Linux are exaggerating its growth in business desktop market share. | | | Indeed, recent news for desktop Linux proponents was bleak. | | | Perens said he is less discouraged by the recent news than he is motivated to stop a movement toward "proprietary open-source code," as vendors commodify the work developers have done for free. |
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http://www.wired.com/news/infostructure/0,1377,61166,00.html
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| | O'Reilly Network Weblogs: Report from the first Desktop Linux Conference |
| | "Selling Linux by the seat," said Desktop Linux Consortium spokesperson Bruce Perens in his keynote, "may not be healthy for Linux." And Nat Friedman declared, "Per-seat desktop licensing is dead." He suggested we "fundamentally alter the economics" through thin client solutions such as LTSP. | | | Andy Oram is an editor for O'Reilly Media, specializing in Linux and free software books, and a member of Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility. | | | In this context, a spanking new and dynamic Desktop Linux Conference from the Desktop Linux Consortium can remind us that Linux adoption is on a strong upward trend. |
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http://www.onlamp.com/lpt/wlg/3965
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| | Linux desktop consortium launched InfoWorld News 2003-02-04 By Ed Scannell |
| | DLC hopes to facilitate development of common messages using Linux in personal desktop computing in governmental systems and in schools. | | | Appropriately named the Desktop Linux Consortium (DLC), the reportedly vendor-neutral association, which includes SuSE, CodeWeavers, Ximian, OpenOffice.org, and MandrakeSoft, will be looking to determine what the computing needs of both corporate users and consumers are and to coordinate on building and promoting solutions. | | | "Linux is firmly established in the server space, and now desktop Linux is coming of age. |
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| | SPECIAL REPORT: Desktop Linux Consortium's first conference held in Boston |
| | The Desktop Linux Conference marks the group's first event that brings together industry leaders to share their insights and discuss the trends, technologies, and solutions that are driving the next generation of desktops based on Linux. | | | According to the DLC, the full day event comprises a series of talks, exhibits, and demonstrations of Linux on the desktop. | | | The latest news and announcements about Linux on the desktop... |
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http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS2341730825.html
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| | ComputerUser.com News: Linux vendors and organizations form consortium |
| | The ultimate beneficiary of the consortium is the computing public, which will be assured a vibrant, open, stable alternative to closed proprietary systems, and an end to ever-escalating licensing fees. | | | Linux is firmly established in the server space, and now desktop Linux is coming of age. | | | The Desktop Linux Consortium (DLC) revealed itself Wednesday, announcing intentions to bring Linux on the desktop to the computing public. |
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| | NewsForge OSDL-sponsored conference targets Linux desktop development |
| | Greg Raiz of Raizlabs, who is not a Linux developer, but was invited to the meeting based on an article on his blog, said that he would consider developing software for Linux if the initiatives proposed at the meeting are successful. | | | The Desktop Linux Consortium, for example, formed in 2003, has made little headway towards solving the problems facing Linux on the desktop. | | | The Open Source Development Labs' Desktop Linux (DTL) working group hosted a "Desktop Architects" meeting last week, at which the group targeted three specific areas to improve to bolster Linux adoption on the desktop. |
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| | Desktop Linux Conference to take Place on Monday - OSNews.com |
| | Also, IBM's other Linux shoe could drop Monday, as Big Blue is expected to endorse the idea of Linux on desktop computers at the conference. | | | The Desktop Linux Consortium has developed an exclusive one-day event, hosted by Boston University, which will include the first program ever to offer an in-depth exploration of Linux on the desktop. | | | The event will feature key open-source technologists who will discuss the emergence of the Linux desktop. |
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http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=5074
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| | Linux Poised for Desktop, High-End Surge |
| | Even while Linux proceeds apace at the low end, the computer scientists who put together the world's fastest hardware are embracing the OS for their multiprocessing servers and supercomputers. | | | Indeed, for IBM, Linux is seen as a potential step toward grid computing, where large conglomerations of computers cooperate over networks. | | | White, who is also CEO of software vendor Codeweavers, made his case with statistics he said Google keeps about the computers that hit its search engine. |
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| | Debian joins Desktop Linux Consortium - Debian Planet |
| | The aims of the consortium are to promote and raise awareness in the use of Linux on the desktop, its membership includes both non-profit groups such as Debian and commercial companies interested in futher improving Linux's position in the currently monopolised desktop arena. | | | Debian beat some other "desktop" distributions in the DesktopLinux.com survey as being the most popular distribution for the desktop. | | | The Debian project has joined the new Desktop Linux Consortium as a founding member. |
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| | Organization forms to promote Linux desktops |
| | The Consortium will be incorporated as a nonprofit association with the goal of increasing awareness of Linux as a desktop operating system through tradeshows, conferences and industry events. | | | While Linux as a server operating system has become more of an industry standard instead of an anomaly in corporate networks, Linux desktop inroads have been more slight. | | | Vendors and organizations involved in the DLC include: ArkLinux, CodeWeavers, Debian.org, DesktopLinux.com, KDE, Linux Professional Institute (LPI), Lycoris, The Linux Terminal Server Project (LTSP), MandrakeSoft, NeTraverse, OpenOffice.org, Questnet (Support4Linux.com), Samba.org, theKompany, SuSE, TransGaming Technologies, TrustCommerce, Xandros, and Ximian. |
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| | Desktop Linux, Now on OSDL's To-Do List |
| | Despite the appearance of unity surrounding desktop Linux, one glaring absentee from the OSDL desktop effort is Lindows.com. | | | The software can be installed on Linux machines. | | | More directly, a successfully Linux desktop spec might spur some spillover from the Windows world. |
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| | ComputerUser.com News: Linux companies form desktop consortium |
| | The success of Linux desktops, at least initially, depends heavily on their interoperability with Microsoft's desktop and server applications, as well as Windows applications, said one analyst. | | | CodeWeavers, a commercial Linux company that provides software to enable such interoperability with the Windows environment, agrees it is a big challenge but said it intends to do it. | | | The launch, the first result of SuSE's desktop initiative, is deemed significant because it enables users to run Microsoft Office as well as Sun StarOffice on the Linux desktop, executives said. |
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http://www.computeruser.com/news/03/02/21/news6.html
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| | Is Desktop Linux Getting Ready? |
| | of the Consortium is the computing public, which will be assured a | | | space, and now desktop Linux is coming of age. | | | StarOffice, and an easy installation scheme for Linux and software. |
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| | Looking At Desktop Linux |
| | One SI came and showed how easy (and fast) it was to bring Linux desktops up in the thin client, server-based environment (he demoed at 22 seconds, faster than I can get my PC up and running). | | | Clearly, Red Hat and SuSE have moved to provide commercial quality versions of Linux, based on moving to charging for the distribution and maintenance of their software. | | | Last week, I attended the Linux Desktop Consortium’s first outreach event, a one-day conference in Tyningsboro, Massachusetts. |
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| | PCLinuxOnline |
| | Linus Torvalds, creator of Linux, said "We already have all of the tools, in Open Source software, necessary for 80 percent of office workers in the world: an office suite including spreadsheet, word processor, and presentation program; a web browser, graphical desktop with file manager, and tools for communications, scheduling, and personal information management. | | | Is this a way to gain publicity or they will acctually do some work to make linux in desktop better? | | | Re: Industry Leaders Launch Desktop Linux Consortium by skal |
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| | Desktop - Desktop Images Training Videos & DVDs for 3D Animation, Graphics |
| | Speech recognition, text-to-speech software transforms a Windows computer into a conversational desktop companion. | | | Indexes contents of a desktop machine and allows searching via software interface. | | | Learn about graphic design and desktop publishing terms and techniques through free page layout and DTP software |
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| | Desktop Linux Conference: KDE Report |
| | Of course it's not a complete picture but I think it illustrates what the direction is for Linux on the desktop, what we need to do, and what's possible in the future. | | | KDE is member of the Desktop Linux Consortium. | | | You have legacy hardware which does not have a linux proper driver, and legacy software, difficult or impossible to run on Wine. |
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| | Mandriva Aims to Become Linux-Desktop Player |
| | Mandriva, with the recent purchase of Lycoris, a U.S. Linux desktop distributor, is expanding rapidly, but analysts ask whether it's growing fast enough to compete with the major Linux vendors: Red Hat and Novell/SuSE. | | | Then, in June, Mandriva acquired Lycoris, makers of a Linux home-user desktop distribution and a Linux distribution for tablet-based PCs. | | | Dan Kusnetzky, IDC's system software vice president, said he sees these moves as an attempt to stave off financial failure. |
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| | CONSORTIUM AND STANDARDS LIST |
| | The Desktop Linux Consortium was announced by its founders on February 4, 2003 in a "preformation" mode. | | | Consortium and Standards List > Desktop Linux Consortium | | | Its anticipated membership will include both commercial companies as well as the open source organizations that are developing Linux for the desktop. |
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| | Re: Desktop Linux Consortium |
| | This doesn't preclude us from joining and helping this project once we get more informations and we are confident with the ways this Consortium is expected to work. | | | On Tue, Feb 04, 2003 at 09:17:45AM -0800, Leslie Proctor wrote: > We didn't take part in the announcement because we're > still in the process of getting more information on > the consortium. | | | One thing is sure, we would not have joined without the Board announcing to the foundation members that we intended to do so, allowing for feedback, and clearly we didn't had the time for this round-trip before today's announcement. |
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| | Desktop Linux Consortium |
| | Desktop Linux Consortium is a trademark of the Desktop Linux Consortium © 2004 | | | The Consortium tries to balance the many facets of Linux desktop use, drawing members from corporations, individual enthusiasts, and from the organizations that have formed and powered the Linux community. | | | is a non profit organization dedicated to the advancement of the use of Linux on the desktop. |
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| | Desktop Linux Consortium |
| | (d) Initiate and promote programs which serve and advance the purpose and objective of the Consortium; | | | (d) Without limiting the foregoing, the Consortium adopts electronic mail as its principal source of communication with its Members. | | | In the event that the Consortium determines to make the list available on an electronic network, the Consortium may take reasonable steps to ensure that such information is available only to Members of the Consortium. |
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