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Thursday, February 06, 2003
Group Hopes to Give New Life to Desktop Linux - Thor Olavsrud, Internet News
Despite the legitimacy of the open-source movement, most of Linux's inroads have been made on the server side as opposed to the client (a.k.a. desktop). A new consortium, formed by a number of leading vendors and open source organizations in the Linux space, is trying to change that. The Desktop Linux Consortium (DLC) revealed itself Wednesday, announcing intentions to bring Linux on the desktop to the computing public. "We already have all of the tools, in open source software, necessary for 80 percent of office workers in the world: an office suit including spreadsheet, word processor, and presentation program; a Web browser, graphical desktop file manager, and tools for communications, scheduling, and personal information management," Linux creator Linus Torvalds trumpeted in a press statement. "The Linux desktop is inevitable!"
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