Say Goodbye to Linux on the Desktop
In our strategy meetings, the team at reallylinux.com tend to start the month with big questions, for instance “where’s Linux desktop expansion now?” But this month, when we had our meeting our Senior Editor basically wiped the question from the whiteboard and wrote these words: Linux on Devices matters. The battle to position Linux on the desktop [...]
Survey data: nginx poised to become number 2 web server
April 25, 2012, 10:01 AM — If current trends hold, then sometime late this summer, Microsoft’s Internet Information Services will fall to the number three web server position in global domains, behind two open source web server platforms: Apache and nginx. This conclusion is one that I drew based on the latest Netcraft Web Server Survey numbers, which [...]
10 things the Linux desktop can be proud of
My recent post about KDE 4.8 got me thinking about the state of the Linux desktop. Despite the popular cries of havoc and war, I believe the Linux desktop is in a very good place at the moment. Here’s are some reasons why we should all be enjoying a true renaissance on the PC desktop, thanks [...]
Is Linux About to Take Off On Tablets?
At this point, there’s no denying that Linux — despite high hopes early-on — is a late-entry to the world of tablets. But that doesn’t mean open-source enthusiasts have written off this segment of the hardware market. On the contrary, a number of initiatives to make Linux a viable choice for tablet users are in [...]
Unknown Bash Tips and Tricks For Linux
Familiarity breeds ennui, and even though Bash is the default Linux command shell used daily by hordes of contented users, it contains a wealth of interesting and useful features that don’t get much attention. Today we shall learn about Bash builtins and killing potential. Bash Builtins Bash has a bunch of built-in commands, and some of [...]
Windows 8 may drive me to Linux
I have been a Microsoft defender for decades. “No, MS-DOS 4.0 isn’t really that bad,” I pleaded to friends almost 25 years ago. “Give Windows 98 a chance” I begged ten or 11 years later. Heck, I extolled the virtues of Vista (which I did believe in, by the way) to anyone willing to listen. [...]
Ubuntu for Android: Linux desktop on a smartphone
You have to give Canonical, Ubuntu Linux’s parent company credit for thinking big. Today Canonical is unveiling Ubuntu for Android. What is in the world is that? It’s bringing the Ubuntu Linux desktop to to multi-core Android smartphones docked with a keyboard and monitor. With it, Canonical claims you’ll be able to use Android on the phone and [...]
Linux has a Place in the Enterprise
From its meager beginnings as a hobby project to its extreme success among geeks, Linux has survived lawsuits, boycotts and onslaughts from every corner of the UNIX, Windows and Mac computing markets. Linux has, in spite of its critics, made its way into the world’s data centers. Linux enjoyed early success as a host platform [...]
Linux Coming to Microsoft Windows Azure Cloud?
Plenty of pundits say the cloud runs on Linux. Heck, even Microsoft appears to be gearing up to support Linux in the cloud — sort of. The specifics: Microsoft is preparing to “enable” Linux to run on Windows Azure — though it doesn’t sound like Microsoft will officially offer “support” for Linux on Windows Azure. The Linux-on-Windows-Azure [...]