Desktop Linux Consortium (DLC),
www.desktoplinuxconsortium.com.
Um Linux auf die Desktops zu bringen, haben sich einige
Linux-Distributoren und andere Firmen zu einem Non-Profit-
Interessenverbund zusammengeschlossen. Das gemeinsame Ziel des
Desktop Linux Consortium ist es, die Verbraucher über das
alternative Betriebssystem aufzuklären, damit es sich schneller
verbreitet.
Mitglieder des Konsortiums sind die Distributoren SuSE, Lycoris,
Xandros, MandrakeSoft und ArcLinux. Dazu kommt noch der
Softwarehersteller CodeWeavers als Hauptinitiator sowie NeTraverse,
theKompany, Questnet, TransGaming Technologies, TrustCommerce und
Ximian. Zu den beteiligten Organisationen und Projekten zählen
Debian.org, OpenOffice.org, KDE, das Linux Professional Institute
(LPI), das Linux Terminal Server Project (LTSP) und Samba.org.
Bruce Perens
ist Vorsitzender (Interims Executive Director) des Linux Desktop
Consortium, er wird unterstützt von Jeremy White, dem CEO von
CodeWeavers (Interims Chairperson).
Die Gründung des Desktop Linux Consortium ist eine Reaktion auf
das umstrittene Gebaren der Firma Lindows, die die Linux Desktop
Summit ins Leben rief, sich dabei aber in den Vordergrund spielte.
Sollte zunächst Bruce Perens die Eröffnungsrede halten, änderte
Lindows das Programm und sorgte dafür, dass Michael Robertson, Chef
von Lindows, die Veranstaltung eröffnete.
Das Desktop Linux Consortium will nun für Fairness in Bezug auf
alle Fragen in Sachen Desktop-Linux und entsprechenden Events
sorgen.
Desktop.Linux.com,
www.desktoplinux.com.
DesktopLinux.com is exclusively devoted to the use of Linux as an
end-user desktop operating system for personal and business
purposes. This site features news, opinions, HOWTOs, FAQs, product
previews/reviews, product listings, a discussion forum, and links to
other web resources, all focused on using -- or learning to use --
Linux as a desktop operating system.
We believe Linux is ready now for widespread use as a desktop
operating system, and we have created this website to help spread
the word and accelerate the transition to a more open desktop, one
that offers greater freedom and choice for both personal and
business users.
Our commitment is to provide the highest possible concentration
of quality information regarding the use of Linux on the personal
and business desktop. Our site features desktop Linux news,
articles, polls, discussion forums, sponsors, and an extensive
resource directory. Please check these out. We also encourage you to
use the "submission" functions to add more desktop Linux content for
all to share. Or, email us URLs where we can gather new information
of interest to those wishing to use Linux as a desktop operating
system.
Freedesktop.org,
www.freedesktop.org.
Freedesktop.org is a free software project to work on
interoperability and shared technology for desktop environments for
the X Window System. The most famous X desktops are GNOME and KDE
but any desktop or desktop application developers are welcome to
participate.
Freedesktop.org is affiliated with the Free Standards Group,
which organizes a number of standards for open source software, in
particular the Linux Standard Base. freedesktop.org itself does not
"legislate" or approve standards, this web site and our CVS server
and mailing list are purely intended as a place for developers to
meet and work together.
Linux.com: Desktops,
desktops.linux.com.
Glowingplate.com: "Linux isn't ready for the desktop yet.
Here's why", by Lawrence Wade,
www.glowingplate.com/dissent.
Exzellenter Überblick zu einer Reihe von Annoyances von
Linux auf dem Desktop.
DesktopLinux.com: "Perceptions: Is Linux a suitable desktop
platform?", by John H. Terpstra,
www.desktoplinux.com/articles/AT9186091276.html.
»In this guest column at DesktopLinux.com, former SCO
evangelist and Samba.org team leader John H. Terpstra weighs in on
market perceptions about Linux and its suitability for the desktop.
Interviewing a sample group –- that included 30 people evenly split
in the Linux and MS camps -- Terpstra discovered each group cited
the very same arguments in defending their OS of choice! The author
sought definitive answers about the state of Desktop Linux and
reasons for and against a switch to Linux. The results, and key
factors, were not as expected...«
Heise Online: "Linux soll endlich der Durchbruch auf dem
Desktop gelingen", Meldung vom 12.11.2003 13:07,
www.heise.de/newsticker/data/boi-12.11.03-000.
Pro-Linux.de: "Vergleich von KDE und GNOME", gesendet
von hjb am Di, 4. Mär 2003 um 22:55,
www.pro-linux.de/news/2003/5286.html.
LinuxWorld.com: "KDE 3.1 vs. GNOME 2.2: How GNOME became
LAME. GNOME stands for GNU Network Object Model Environment... so where
did all the distributed-network objects go?" (Part 2), by Nicholas
Petreley, Feb 28, 2003,
www.linuxworld.com/site-stories/2003/0228.petreley.html.
KDE is delivering a better version of what GNOME's goal has
apparently morphed into: becoming a great component framework that
you can write to in multiple languages. Nicholas Petreley rebuffs
the common GNOME battle slogans and explains why the
window-manager's name needs reworking.
LinuxWorld.com: "A brief comparison of KDE 3.1 & GNOME
2.2. One observer's first impressions on the two heavyweight window
managers" (Part 1), by Nicholas Petreley, Feb 19, 2003,
www.linuxworld.com/2003/0219.petreley.html.
Our Hero installs and compares the two most popular window
managers for Linux & other Unixes. His recommendation? It depends...
ZDNet News: "Linux continues desktop march"
(Applications), by Matthew Broersma, ZDNet (UK), January 3, 2003, 8:23
AM PT,
zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-979064.html.
»The good news for Linux as an operating system for the
desktop -- as opposed to the server -- is that it is set to become
No. 2 after Windows in the next year or so. The bad news is that its
growth does not look to be as explosive as some advocates might have
hoped«.
ExtremeTech.com: Desktop Linux Blowout!,
www.extremetech.com/category2/0,3971,540430,00.asp.
PC Magazine: "Microsoft, Innovation, and Linux", by
John C. Dvorak, December 17, 2002,
www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,768274,00.asp.
Peter Siering: "Durchbruch. Linux als Desktop-Alternative"
(Linux), in: c't 4/2003, S. 94,
www.heise.de/ct/03/04/094/
[Volltext].
Schon vergangenes Jahr war es zu lesen: 2003 soll das Jahr des
Linux-Desktops werden. Neue Distributionen sprießen aus dem Boden,
die alten Hasen im Geschäft polieren ihre Produkte. Denn Gründe
dafür, dass Linux dem bisherigen King auf dem Desktop Marktanteile
abjagt, gibt es genug.
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