Linux Desktop Links for 6-3-08 »

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Are Google and Amazon the Next Great Hope for the (Linux) Desktop? »

There was a time when I thought the Linux desktop was going to take a market share at least equal to Apple’s. Maybe even 5% or 10% of the total desktop market. I had high hopes that the One Laptop Per Child Initiative would put Linux laptops in the hands of impressionable young minds who [...]

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The Curse of Open Source License Proliferation »

I remember when the big open source debate was whether a piece of software was really open source, meaning it was released under an OSI-approved license. The tides are shifting, debates now center around which open source license to use. Adding to the complexity of the debate is proliferation of OSI-approved licenses. Now discussions are [...]

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ZaReason - Ubuntu Laptops and PCs »

At LinuxFestNW this weekend I ran into a company, Zareason, that sells computers with Ubuntu pre-installed. Not just desktops but laptops that have camera’s, wi-fi, and support for power management of modern laptops.
Zareason started out refurbishing computers in Berkley, CA and soon realized there was a demand for new Linux laptops and PCs. That’s when [...]

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Socialized Links for April Fools Day, No Jokes »

Collaborative Thinking: Microsoft Continues To Fill SharePoint Social Gaps - Microsoft fills in the gaps of Sharepoint with NewsGator and Atlassian Confluence but is that good enough?
Wired: How Apple Got Everything Right By Doing Everything Wrong - One Infinite Loop, Apple’s street address, is a programming in-joke — it refers to a routine that never [...]

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