SearchOpenSource: Linux Desktop Adoption Barriers: Open Source Apps Development, Integration | Linux Today

SearchOpenSource: Linux Desktop Adoption Barriers: Open Source Apps Development, Integration

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 21, 2006

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Recently the Freespire Linux-based operating system was
announced, and SuSE Linux Desktop–also known as SLED 10–was
released. Which event do you think will have the biggest impact the
Linux desktop?

Jono Bacon: Recent developments on the Linux
desktop front are constantly pushing Linux in front of people, and
it becomes an ever-more compelling choice. Recent releases, most
notably Ubuntu 6.06 LTS and SLED, work right out of the box for
most people and provide a pretty complete software stack. People
just don’t want to fight with the operating system, and today Linux
is a particularly fluid system…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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