Linux marches on

It's easy to lose track of what's going on with Linux. That's due in part to the almost total lack of marketing hype. The kernel crew, led by Linus Torvalds, just keeps working away quietly in the background. Red Hat and Novell keep racking up strong revenue gains but don't spend much on advertising. And the big tech players, such as IBM, HP, and Dell, would actually prefer it if customers bought their proprietary and higher-margin products.
Meanwhile, step by step, the foundation underpining Linux just gets stronger and stronger. In the past few days, for instance, three bits of news have come out that aren't barn-burners on their own, but, together, amount to something. They signal that lots of blocking and tackling is being done that seems likely to make Linux an ever more important piece of corporate computing.
-
- Login or register to post comments
Printer-friendly version
- 1444 reads
PDF version
More in Tux Machines
- Highlights
- Front Page
- Latest Headlines
- Archive
- Recent comments
- All-Time Popular Stories
- Hot Topics
- New Members
today's howtos
| Red Hat Hires a Blind Software Engineer to Improve Accessibility on Linux Desktop
Accessibility on a Linux desktop is not one of the strongest points to highlight. However, GNOME, one of the best desktop environments, has managed to do better comparatively (I think).
In a blog post by Christian Fredrik Schaller (Director for Desktop/Graphics, Red Hat), he mentions that they are making serious efforts to improve accessibility.
Starting with Red Hat hiring Lukas Tyrychtr, who is a blind software engineer to lead the effort in improving Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and Fedora Workstation in terms of accessibility.
|
Today in Techrights
| Android Leftovers |
Recent comments
31 weeks 4 days ago
31 weeks 4 days ago
31 weeks 4 days ago
31 weeks 4 days ago
31 weeks 4 days ago
31 weeks 5 days ago
31 weeks 5 days ago
31 weeks 5 days ago
31 weeks 5 days ago
31 weeks 5 days ago