Trolltech switches sides in mobile Linux war, Jan 13, 2008

Trolltech, whose Qtopia platform is already the foundation for many consumer-level handsets in Asia, was a founder member of the LiPS Forum. However, it quietly left that group in the second half of last year. At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Monday, Trolltech announced that it has now joined the rival LiMo Foundation.

The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux, today launched Open Voices, a podcast series featuring interviews with the industry's top Linux and open source leaders.

One of the most popular desktop environments on GNU/Linux platform has come out in a new flavour - KDE 4.0.

The Software Freedom Law Center filed suit against Verizon Communications in a bid to uphold the terms of the General Public License. A month later, Mark Tolliver, CEO of Palamida, said Verizon's ongoing silence is the wrong response.

Asustek Computers Inc. went ahead and broke the rules with the Eee PC. And we should all be thankful.

I am very pleased to announce that Paul Frields has accepted a job with Red Hat, and he will be taking over as Fedora Project Leader in February.

Nearly every year for the last decade I've heard some pundit or vendor proclaim from the rooftops: This is the year of the Linux desktop. Yet, year in and year out, the proclamations don't materialize.

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