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OSDL's Mobile Linux Initiative

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the and-it-fits-in-the-palm-of-your-hand dept.

Rob writes "The Open Source Development Labs has introduced a new initiative to accelerate the adoption of Linux in the mobile market by providing a forum for device manufacturers, network operators, and application developers. Like the OSDL's other working groups, the MLI will provide a forum for creating requirement specifications based on existing implementations and invest in existing and new mobile Linux projects to identify and fill gaps in the open source operating system's functionality."

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  1. Re:Desktop Linux Improvements by Tomchu · · Score: 0, Troll

    Are you kidding? Both KDE and GNOME feel like a sluggish mess compared to Windows 2000/XP on the same hardware. Hell, even OS X on my 1.33 GHz iBook feels faster than either KDE or GNOME on my 2.4 GHz Athlon 64 with 2 GB of RAM.

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    I used to think Linux was cool -- then I turned 14.
  2. Does OSDL get it? Who Knows? by viewtouch · · Score: 0, Troll

    OSDL's mobile initiative will fail if it doesn't require that devices contain an X server than can automatically discover X client applications.