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Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11

If you're looking for a practical business desktop replacement for Windows, your best choice is Novell's SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11: a true Windows replacement.

Recording the Linux desktop -- the hard way

I can do many things with the greatest of ease on the Linux desktop. But, as I discovered while doing my community Linux overview, recording a Linux desktop video isn't one of them. Oh, boy, is it ever not one of them.

By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols | 31 December, 2008 08:53

Tags: desktop linux

Open-source data aces

If any software market deserved to be shaken up by open source alternatives, it's enterprise data integration. Commercial, enterprise-grade integration tools -- typically cobbled together from M&A and legacy patchworks -- are notoriously unwieldy and impose an arduous learning curve. Complexity frequently stalls deployments by months, and aftermarket consulting can add hundreds of thousands of dollars to the TCO.

By James R. Borck | 03 December, 2008 10:14

Tags: Jitterbit 2.0, open source, software applications

A dozen cool plasmoids for your KDE desktop

Okay, before I begin writing about plasmoids, we have to get one thing straight – what on Earth is a plasmoid? A plasmoid is an applet developed with KDE’s new Plasma application development environment.

By Rodney Gedda | 26 September, 2008 15:04

Tags: kde, plasma