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• Sneak Peek: KDE 4.4 screenshots

  By Rodney Gedda | 17 November, 2009 15:18

  The final release of KDE 4.4 is due in early 2010, and not since the arrival of KDE 4.0 two years ago has an open source desktop environment been so highly anticipated by the free desktop community. Unlike the anti-climax that was the first KDE 4 release,, however, KDE 4.4's developers say this new version will actually deliver on many of the original promises of this next-generation desktop environment -- and then some.

• KDE 4.4 aims to take free desktop skyward

  By Rodney Gedda | 17 November, 2009 15:12

  The final release of KDE 4.4 is due in early 2010, and not since the arrival of KDE 4.0 two years ago has an open source desktop environment been so highly anticipated by the free desktop community. Unlike the anti-climax that was the first KDE 4 release, however, KDE 4.4's developers say this new version will actually deliver on many of the original promises of this next-generation desktop environment -- and then some.

• Ubuntu 9.10 'Karmic Koala' is here: 5 things CIOs must know

  By Rodney Gedda | 02 November, 2009 12:59

  In case you’ve been too busy dealing with rogue iPhones, October 2009 was a big month for operating systems. Do CIOs care about operating systems? Probably not as much as they used to, but with Windows 7 and Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" (from here on abbreviated to simply "Karmic" for sanity purposes) being released within days of each other, CIOs at least have a reason to be excited about the future of the desktop. Here are five things about Karmic that senior IT executives should consider before disregarding Linux as an option for their desktop and server fleets.

• ING Life India adopts open source to expand business

  By Sneha Jha | 19 October, 2009 10:41

  In the insurance business, everyone's headed into the hinterland. But the cost of every new branch can bite deeply. Here's how going Open Source helped ING Life save US$1.7 million and funded its expansion plans.

• Apple's iPhone now one-third the market share of desktop Linux

  By Rodney Gedda | 13 October, 2009 04:03

  According to recent market share data, Apple's iPhone is now being used to access the Internet a third as much as desktop Linux.