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IBM and Its Thoughts on Desktop Linux

Posted by Cliff on from the let's-not-be-wishy-washy-shall-we dept.

Knuckles writes: "According to c|net, IBM will give desktop Linux a thumbs up at the Desktop Linux Conference in Boston on Monday. Sam Docknevich of IBM's Global Services group will give a speech titled, "The Time is Now for Linux on the Desktop." It seems that IBM will not go for the multi-purpose desktop, though, but for machines performing narrowly defined functions (kiosks etc.). However, basic office workstation seem to be included in this definition, according to C|Net" And in a classic case of the right-hand not knowing what the left-hand is doing, Realistic_Dragon adds: "IBM was leading the words of Red Hat's CEO in comments to the UK government last year saying that '...open source was not ready for the desktop'.

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  1. Re:Who's Desktop? by ryanw · · Score: 0, Troll
    I decided to just try out Linux because I was curious. I went with Suse. It installed fine, but it was a pain in the ass to get it to recognize my screen size (1600 x 1050), it refused to see my wifi card, and the touchpad wouldn't work. Fair, enough, I can deal with all that because it's a notebook after all, the drivers aren't at all standard. But the actual user experince... well, honestly, yuck.
    I couldn't have said it better myself. I love Unix, I hate Linux. I mostly hate linux because it's trying to be a desktop but there are too many seporate scattered projects. I wish KDE and GNOME could have some sort of truce and just make the a collabritive effort to help the Desktop. None of the projects work together even though they all depend on each other.
  2. mod parent redundant by rokzy · · Score: 0, Troll

    "Do we like or hate IBM then?"

    I don't know, but I know I hate you.

    this is one of the most stereotypical and pointless comments yet constantly gets modded funny.

  3. IBM at Southern California Linux Expo by MrMorph · · Score: 1, Troll

    IBM will be exhibiting at the Southern California Linux Expo on November 22nd at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California. Other exhibitors include Real Networks, Novell, and Pogo Linux. Some of the speakers include Seth Nickell, Chris Dibona, Patrick Mochel and John Terpstra. Full and student tickets are still available for this event as well as free exhibition only passes using the FREE promotional code.