What's Next For Linux? Unifying The OS Amid Steady Change
What's next for linux? There's no simple answer because Linux isn't a single entity but a galaxy of implementations and possibilities. The Linux kernel--version 2.6.27.4, to be precise--is at the center of it all, with the operating system continuously morphing into new shapes.
Two forces in particular are driving changes to Linux. One is a push to develop Linux into a standard, more predictable platform for developers and users. The other is to leverage Linux, and open source in general, as mediums through which innovation gets delivered to users.
Those who create Linux distributions have a massive task ahead: taking the myriad open source offerings out there and pulling them into a unified whole. That's certainly a goal for Ubuntu Linux, says Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Canonical, which provides commercial support for the popular Linux variant. Ubuntu 8.10 was specifically assembled as the next step toward unification. Among the improvements with this in mind: automation that lets users install unsupported or commercial handlers for multimedia codecs.
Such efforts make Ubuntu the lead contender for Linux on the desktop, but that's not the only place it's making inroads. A Ubuntu spin-off distribution, the "Netbook Remix," targets the emerging market for netbook computers, where Linux still needs hardware integration and user interface polish to be accepted.
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