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Why are Linux based phones not supporting Desktop Linux?

The VAR Guy: "Novell is losing money in the desktop Linux market, but those desktop deals are driving big wins in the server arena, according to Senior VP and Chief Marketing Officer John Dragoon."

Desktop Linux: "With "Lenny" in the final stages of preparation, Project Maintainer Luk Claes has announced that Lenny's successor will be named for "squeeze," a three-eyed space alien."

The Direct Rendering Infrastructure project has long been working toward improved 3D graphics support in free operating systems.

It is a crucial part of the desktop Linux experience, but, thus far, DRI development has been done in a relatively isolated manner.

Development process changes which have the potential to make life better for Linux users are in the works, but, sometimes, that's not the only thing that matters.

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Japan's Turbolinux has announced the availability of Turbolinux 12 (marketing name: Turbolinux Client 2008 Net User Package), a commercial, user-friendly desktop Linux distribution that combines the best of open source and proprietary software in one compact package.

The system is based on a Linux kernel 2.6.24.7 (co-developed at....

The page is targeted at critics of desktop Linux (and Ubuntu in particular). The intention is not to say "We're right and you're wrong." Questions, generally, are arranged into categories of issues that a user might encounter before , during , and after installing Ubuntu.

Warren Woodford has announced the availability of the first beta release of SimplyMEPIS 8.0, a beginner-friendly desktop Linux distribution based on Debian GNU/Linux: "First beta of SimplyMEPIS 8.0 available for testing.

Warren announces the first SimplyMEPIS Beta, version 7.9.70. The MEPIS beta offers up-to-date user applications delivered on....

The Open Road: "Microsoft is heavily subsidizing Windows and Office to keep Linux out, but Linux is proving cheaper...and at least as easy as Windows to use."

SUSE has been around almost since the dawn of consumer-level desktop Linux, and openSUSE 11 upholds the SUSE reputation for having not just a wide range of available applications, but also excellent documentation and a fine user-to-user support community.

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Linux enthusiast Gary Nielsen has liste d a few reasons why his desktop is still running the Windows Vista operating system and not an Open Source alternative.