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  • Open source Web content control options

    Setting up Web filters to control the content employees and customers using your Linux network can access is an important part of securing your Linux system. Learn about some open source solutions ...

  • What do you know about Linux administration tools?

    How well do you know Linux tools? Test your understanding of tools for application servers, networking, scripting, Mozilla, security, management and administration, and desktops.

  • Linux desktop adoption boosted by economy

    The tough economy is boosting Linux desktops in business, especially among existing users, but small market share makes major gains a daunting challenge.

  • Moblin

    Moblin is a Linux-based platform that is optimized for small computing devices. The Moblin project is Intel's open source initiative created to develop software for smartphones, netbooks and other ...

Linux enterprise desktop applications

  • What do you know about Linux administration tools?

    How well do you know Linux tools? Test your understanding of tools for application servers, networking, scripting, Mozilla, security, management and administration, and desktops.  Quiz

  • OpenOffice 2.0 Toolbox

    This is your guide to getting started with free, open source office suite OpenOffice 2.0. Begin your move away from Microsoft Office today. The two apps aren't as different as you would think.  Learning Guide

  • Sybase on Linux: How-to's and help

    Here are some shortcuts for using Sybase on Linux. You'll get advice on starting using Perl to access stored Sybase data, shutting down SQLServer using Sybase ASE and more.  10 Tips in 10 Minutes

  • Linux desktop analysis

    Is the time right to switch your company's desktops to Linux? In this report, analysts, authors, IT pros and vendors assess the state of the Linux desktop's capabilities and market acceptance. Get the scoop on the new release of OpenOffice, the open ...  Special Report

  • Linux email apps deliver

    This Special Report is your guide to the current crop of enterprise-ready open source and proprietary email products for Linux. You'll hear from Novell's Ted Haeger, Scalix founder Julie Farris and other Linux e-mail experts. Columnist Bernard Golden...  Special Report

  • Moblin

    Moblin is a Linux-based platform that is optimized for small computing devices. The Moblin project is Intel's open source initiative created to develop software for smartphones, netbooks and other mobile devices. (Continued)  Word

  • Linux Foundation

    The Linux Foundation is a consortium dedicated to fostering the growth of Linux, an open source alternative to the Unix operating system... (Continued)  Word

  • What's hot in new open source apps

    Which are the right open source products for your company? In this audiocast, open source author/guru Bernard Golden will discuss high-payoff open source applications. Get the scoop on ActiveGrid, Jasper Reports, Xen and other products on the horizon...  Audiocast

  • Oracle passes OpenOffice.org on to the Apache Software Foundation

    Oracle's move to hand off open source code irritates The Document Foundation, who wanted to see the OpenOffice.org and LibreOffice projects reunited.  News

  • Open source Web content control options

    Setting up Web filters to control the content employees and customers using your Linux network can access is an important part of securing your Linux system. Learn about some open source solutions for network and desktop Linux content control.  Tip

  • Enterprises hold onto Microsoft Office despite Google Apps option

    Google Apps is making headway over Microsoft Office in startups and SMBs. But inside enterprises? Not so much.  Article

  • What do you know about Linux administration tools?

    How well do you know Linux tools? Test your understanding of tools for application servers, networking, scripting, Mozilla, security, management and administration, and desktops.  Quiz

  • Linux desktop adoption boosted by economy

    The tough economy is boosting Linux desktops in business, especially among existing users, but small market share makes major gains a daunting challenge.  Article

  • Moblin

    Moblin is a Linux-based platform that is optimized for small computing devices. The Moblin project is Intel's open source initiative created to develop software for smartphones, netbooks and other mobile devices. (Continued)  Word

  • Virtualization options for enterprise Linux

    KVM is taking over as the top ranked virtualization option for Linux, despite some of its stability shortcomings compared to Xen. Learn about virtualization options for Linux including container-based and desktop virtualization and where they are app...  Tip

  • Open source predictions for 2009

    Open source will grow in 2009, joining the cost-focused cloud computing trend and expanding throughout the stack. Roger Burkhardt predicts the open source trends for 2009, and SearchEnterpriseLinux.com readers are invited to share theirs.  News

  • Linux desktop interoperability: MS Office and OpenOffice

    The latest release of OpenOffice v3 has improved interoperability with Linux, Windows and MS Office. The more viable OpenOffice is, the more viable Linux is in general. The ultra-cheap Linux-based notebooks also now enable Linux to fit into the famil...  Tip

  • Migrating a city government to OpenOffice

    This case study covers a city government's migration from Microsoft Office to OpenOffice on a Linux network that was formerly running Unix. Find out what made this move successful. This is part of a series about migrations from proprietary office sof...  Tip

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About Linux enterprise desktop applications

When deciding whether or not to work with Linux desktops in an enterprise environment, the availability of topnotch Linux enterprise desktop applications may influence their choice of an open source desktop offering. This collection of tips, expert advice and news will guide IT managers looking for the best open source applications to deploy on his enterprise desktops. This topic also covers open source application integration, open source application development, interoperability with open source applications, open source desktop applications, SugarCRM, OpenOffice, Mozilla Firefox, Pidgin, Firestarter and mission-critical enterprise applications.