Citrix shuns Linux due to 'lack of demand', Oct 26, 2006

Citrix says it has no interest in delivering native Linux support in its products, and that it will continue to rely on the Windows platform.

The lack of a compelling desktop client version may stall the progress of Linux

It’s nice to know that if all you really want to do is surf the internet, so you can use The Google, you don’t actually have to spend on a full size ‘puter. The Linutop is a small desktop device that runs Linux, and doesn’t actually have a hard drive.

Canonical on Thursday plans to release the new "Edgy Eft" version of its Ubuntu Linux, which includes a faster boot-up process.

By doing this, Oracle not only wounds Red Hat, it serves notice to all the Linux businesses -- Novell, Mandriva, Linspire, etc. -- that a giant company can come along, and sweep their work and business plan away from them in a minute.

Wouldn't it be great to just get a PC with Linux already installed and ready to go? Novell thinks that's a grand idea too, and on Oct. 25 announced agreements with four white-box PC manufacturers who will globally distribute PCs pre-loaded with SLED (SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop) 10.

Don't call it Oracle Linux! The database vendor won't be packaging its own distribution of the open source OS, but Oracle CEO Larry Ellison announced at Oracle OpenWorld this afternoon that his company will be offering full support for Linux under a new "Unbreakable Linux" campaign.

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