IDC: Linux Growing into Billion-Dollar Market
Aug 20, 2009Market researcher IDC predicts that Linux will continue steady growth over the next five years, reaching into the billions of dollars in 2012.
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Aug 18, 2009In order for Foresight Linux to follow development trends more quickly, Michael Johnson (the founder of rPath and former head of Fedora) has proposed switching from rPath Linux to Fedora.
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Aug 18, 2009The Linux from Scratch (LFS) intensive training has been updated to version 6.5.
more »Touch Me: Ubuntu to Improve Touchscreen Support in 9.10
Aug 17, 2009Ubuntu wants to get as many touchscreens working as possible for Karmic Koala. The developers are asking for help by collecting vendor and product IDs for USB touchscreens out in the market.
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KDE for People Initiative Calls for AI Ban in Plasma
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It’s Time to Test Fedora 45 Beta
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AI Fixes Linux Bottlenecks Using “Hideous” Code
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Advanced Video Coding Still Under Patent
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2,000 Vulnerabilities per Linux Release
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Linux Exempt from California’s Age Verification Law
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