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The administration of the city of Munich in Germany has completed the switch to the open source desktop, says Peter Hofmann, head of the migration project last week Wednesday. The IT department is now securing the strategy, to make sure it can be maintained by the city and to sustainably support interactions with citizens, businesses and other public authorities. Source.

10 amazing Linux desktop environments you’ve probably never seen One of the most amazing things about Linux is how versatile it is. Let’s face it – Windows and MacOS X are…boring. They look exactly how they look. When it comes to making your computer look and behave however you like, Linux is king. Let’s take a stroll through some truly … Read More

The smartphone will surpass that level less than a month after its launch, getting into consumers’ hands at a faster sales rate than the Galaxy S3, says a top exec. Full story

As many of you will know, our goal is to get the Ubuntu phone in a state where it can be used on a daily basis for testing, and importantly, finding bugs, UI issues, and other details that help us to refine the overall Ubuntu Touch experience. Progress is on-track for the end of May. I decided to start dogfooding … Read More

The In-Vehicle-Infotainment (IVI) System is the most complex electronic system in the car.  It collects data from all of the car’s sensors and integrates functions as diverse as navigation, climate control, media playback, cellphone connectivity and more. Yet automakers have focused on IVI as their first target for open source software collaboration. Both the Automotive Grade Linux working group and … Read More

The last year has been a whirlwind of activity for Apache CloudStack. Citrix proposed CloudStack for the Apache Incubator in April of 2012, and just over a year later we’re gearing up for a second collaboration conference – this time in Santa Clara, CA, from June 23-25. A lot has happened in the last year or so: We’ve pushed out … Read More

Besides well known devices like Google’s Android, Amazon’s Kindle etc, Linux is powering some of the most amazing devices around the globe and in the sky. Have a look at these 12 awesome devices that are powered by Linux.   1. Linux Powered Rifle Developed by an Austin based start-up (TrackingPoint), it is a Linux powered Rifle that boasts of … Read More

Updated Google is moving the default software for its rentable cloud servers from a custom version of Linux to Debian. The decision to make Debian the default image type for Google Compute Engine was announced by the company on Thursday. As a consequence, Google’s stripped down Linux OS GCEL (Google Compute Engine Linux) is being deprecated in favor of Debian … Read More

Linux Foundation Training Prepares the International Space Station for Linux Migration It’s hard to get tech support 400 kilometers away from the Earth, which is why Keith Chuvala of United Space Alliance, a NASA contractor deeply involved in Space Shuttle and International Space Station (ISS) operations, decided to migrate to Linux. As leader of the Laptops and Network Integration Teams, … Read More

Think it can’t be done?We’ll prove you wrong Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Quickstart — A fast installation of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization platform, aided and optimized by a Red Hat Consultant. This engagement gives organizations configuration expertise, high-level support, and knowledge-transfer to rapidly add virtualization. It leverages the deep product knowledge and experience of Red Hat consultants to mitigate deployments … Read More

  Rapid business growth and increasing IT requirements at Rural Credit Bank Funds Clearing Center led to high pressure on the server infrastructure that supported their network server information systems. They needed a solution to consolidate physical space and cut costs, while increasing availability and scalability. Find out why they migrated to Red Hat® Enterprise Virtualization and how the entire … Read More

Features, performance, security, stability: pick, er, four LCS2013 If there was a theme for Day One of the Linux Foundation’s seventh annual Linux Collaboration Summit, taking place this week in San Francisco, it was that the Linux community has moved way, way past wondering whether the open source OS will be successful and competitive. “Today I wanted to talk about the … Read More

As virtualization technologies and strategies mature, organizations are challenged with finding the best solutions for virtualization projects that scale, are cost-effective and don’t result in vendor lock-in. Watch this on-demand webinar analyzing the current virtualization market, covering pricing, product features, and product maturity to learn how organizations can use Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization today to meet their virtualization needs, increasing … Read More

The Government of the Canary Islands Migrates Telecommunications and New Technologies Platform to Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE:RHT), the world’s leading provider of open source solutions, today announced that the Government of the Canary Islands has migrated its virtualized systems from VMware to Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization to meet the growing demands of its IT department. The … Read More

China’s government and people have historically been friendly toward Linux, although not quite on the level of a new deal with Canonical. The country’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology is teaming with Canonical to create Ubuntu Kylin, a variant of the regular Linux distribution that would serve as a reference point for local hardware and software developers. A Raring … Read More