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It seems that the news for Linux just gets better and better with a commitment from Dell, HP and Lenovo that they will “strongly encourage” the production and delivery of open-source drivers which make use of the Linux kernel. So what does this mean?

The Linux kernel is the heart beat of the operation system and allows the operating system to communicate with hardware and software to ensure the smooth running of your computer system. The fact that the likes of Dell, HP and Lenovo are set to champion their cause is a major boost to an operating system which seems to be going from strength to strength.

While there have always been Linux drivers which will allow your system to communicate with other hardware and software, the move to open source drivers is a big step. This now means that the code for Linux based drivers will be in the market place and allow any skilled third party to make amendments, rather than returning to the original creator of the driver.

The move to open source drivers is the next step in the attack on the likes of Windows, which retains total control over access to their inner Windows kernel (for obvious commercial reasons). While the Linux Foundation have been very vocal in their support of the Linux operating system, the take up by Dell, HP and Lenovo allows someone else (majors in the industry) to pick up the baton and run with it on behalf of the Foundation.

There are still many who have doubts about the ability of Linux to move into the mainstream, but each increase in exposure and each addition to the Linux “fan club” is a step forward. The next few years are critical for Linux and it will be interesting to see how it develops.

At a time when some of the main players in the world of Linux operating systems are taking a step back from challenging the might Microsoft it seems that Ubuntu and the Linux based Ubuntu 8.04 operating system are set to go head to head with Windows, but will they crack it? Why are they so different?

While it is well know that the likes of Ubuntu 8.04 will struggle to obtain hardware and software certification from the main players in the market, their possible door into the market may have come in the form of Dell. Dell, rumoured to be keen to move away from Windows and take some of the power from Microsoft, has installed the Ubuntu 8.04 operating system in a number of their new mainstream desktop and notebook systems. So will this be enough?

While Ubuntu on their own would stand very little chance of receiving the necessary hardware and software certifications required to “make it big”, with Dell backing them they must stand more of a chance. It is also interesting to see that over the last couple of years we are starting to see interest in non-Microsoft browsers grow, with Firefox perhaps the best known of the alternatives available.

Slowly but surely there seems to be a growing wave of optimism in the Linux arena that they can collectively, put together a strong challenge to Microsoft Windows. Those in the computing industry who have tested operating systems such as the Ubuntu 8.04 package have been pleasantly surprised by the flexibility and the speed of the system. For too long we have all been conditioned to the fact that we do not need to look beyond Windows, but perhaps now times are changing?

As the operating systems industry continues to evolve and grow we are seeing more interest in alternatives to Microsoft. Perhaps the years of dictating to the markets are about to come back and haunt Microsoft?

Call it a market prospecting or call it a political rebellion in opposition to Microsoft. Whatever be the name you put for that, the branded software companies have initiated in shifting their product lines to Linux platform. Linux users can profit by this resettlement, which initiated as a drop and is swiftly impending a inundation.

WordPerfect Office (2000) is a newest entry to this overflow of new products suite and presently the exterior of a brand-new submission kind for Linux which is a desktop-publishing submission as vigorous as everything you resolve to come across Windows.

In this spring, Adobe FrameMaker(5.5.6) for Linux was on the rampage to public beta and it is gave the user of Linux an enthusiastic capability to generate documents by means of desktop publishing. The Linux community deeply needed something like this, in particular for minor companies who observe Linux as added monetarily sound venture but still preferred something incredible to generate their external and internal documentation.

WORD PROCESSING VS DESKTOP PUBLISHING

For those who are proverbial with FrameMaker, hold on a for a moment, I’ll keep you impending for features of Linux version for a moment. I like to express a miniature regarding what exactly is desktop publishing and why is its debut on Linux a major concern?

None of us really work with Desktop Publishing. There are some DP features within some of the word processors in market; StarOffice being primary to approach the mind.StarOffice is not a part of DP application as a definition. It is a word processor, which is designed truly to assist users generate content in lucid format. It has ability to formulate that content seem attractive, but to some extent.

Contrastingly Desktop Publishing application has final effect in mind itself, putting as one a fashionable and absolute document, be it book or a brochure. There are few wordprocessing tools thrown in assist by means of generating text, but Desktop Publishing is alert on formatting content and not in creating it.

Go in to FrameMaker (5.5.6) for Linux, first most important foray into Desktop Publishing on Linux platform.

For quite some time FrameMaker was on the go, together on Macintosh and Windows platforms. For UNIX machines, there is version accessible, so a creation of Linux version is not very much of a theoretical hurdle for Adobe that also has spotted the omnipresent Acrobat Reader for Linux. Adobe made a jump to Linux quite well based on my experience till date. Windows Vista turned just few heads than XP SP3 & Apple’s Leopard showing blotchy security. Individuals and companies would perform well to question themselves whether its the term for Desktop Linux. TISEMENT

After the full release of 3 of majority accepted pioneering Linux based operating systems:, Ubuntu 7.10,  Fedora 8 and OpenSUSE 10.3 following us, Linux runs sturdy on  mainstream desktops.