desktop linux

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  Sneak Peek: KDE 4.4 screenshots

  The final release of KDE 4.4 is due in early 2010, and not since the arrival of KDE 4.0 two years ago has an open source desktop environment been so highly anticipated by the free desktop community. Unlike the anti-climax that was the first KDE 4 release,, however, KDE 4.4's developers say this new version will actually deliver on many of the original promises of this next-generation desktop environment -- and then some.

  By Rodney Gedda | 17 November, 2009 15:18

  Tags: desktop linux, kde, kde4, open source

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  KDE 4.4 aims to take free desktop skyward

  The final release of KDE 4.4 is due in early 2010, and not since the arrival of KDE 4.0 two years ago has an open source desktop environment been so highly anticipated by the free desktop community. Unlike the anti-climax that was the first KDE 4 release, however, KDE 4.4's developers say this new version will actually deliver on many of the original promises of this next-generation desktop environment -- and then some.

  By Rodney Gedda | 17 November, 2009 15:12

  Tags: desktop linux, kde, kde4, open source, Qt

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  Apple's iPhone now one-third the market share of desktop Linux

  According to recent market share data, Apple's iPhone is now being used to access the Internet a third as much as desktop Linux.

  By Rodney Gedda | 13 October, 2009 04:03

  Tags: desktop linux, iPhone, Linux, market research, market share, operating systems, web browsers

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  ING Life India adopts open source to expand business

  In the insurance business, everyone's headed into the hinterland. But the cost of every new branch can bite deeply. Here's how going Open Source helped ING Life save US$1.7 million and funded its expansion plans.

  By Sneha Jha | 19 October, 2009 10:41

  Tags: desktop linux, india, insurance, Linux, novell, open source, sled, suse

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  Desktop Linux: why you shouldn't care

  Recently, the Web site analytics company Net Applications came out with figures that showed that in April, the percentage of "client devices" used to surf the Web that were running Linux crossed the 1% level for the first time ever -- 1.02%, to be exact. The firm enthusiastically noted that "Linux has reached

  By Preston Gralla | 18 May, 2009 14:07

  Tags: desktop linux, Linux

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  Installing Linux apps: A few good tips

  Sooner or later, we all end up installing new software on our computers. Whether it's a new version of Firefox, or a cool game, or a video editing package, there comes a time when you want to make your system do more than it can do now.

  By James Turner | 29 September, 2008 08:10

  Tags: desktop linux, linux apps, operating system