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LinuxWorld: Community roots bolster Linux growth
Windows still the one to beat but Linux influence continues to grow
Linux is beginning to find its legs as the foundation in many different technologies and in the process is fueling a feedback loop that is helping accelerate the operating system’s popularity.
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As more and more people contribute from areas such as mobile, data center power management, and real-time technologies, innovations are coming rapid fire and when folded into the Linux kernel provide benefits across a wide spectrum.
For example, power management features for the data center are being tapped to help extend battery life in Linux-based mobile devices.
The evidence of the cooperation will be on display at next week’s LinuxWorld conference in San Francisco.
(Disclosure; Network World’s parent company IDG operates LinuxWorld.)
The conference is expected to draw 10,000 attendees to nearly 100 sessions and 200 exhibitor booths. In addition, there is a mini-conference on Mobile Linux, the Linux Garage that will highlight the latest embedded-Linux gadgets, an install fest to benefit San Francisco-area schools, an open source voting demonstration and the annual Penguin Bowl that will pit teams dedicated to mobile Linux and server Linux.
| Operating system growth Over the past year, Linux has enjoyed faster growth than Microsoft in the number of new operating systems shipped, based on percentage; but Microsoft continues to have the highest volume of overall units. Macintosh client operating-system shipments increased significantly on the back of Leopard. |
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“When you look at how people use technology – embedded systems, mobile computing, mobile internet devices, servers, super computing – in almost every aspect of technology Linux is emerging as the dominant platform,” says Jim Zemlin, CEO of the Linux Foundation.
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LinuxWorld Conference and Expo San Francisco, August 4-7, 2008.
Linux Plumbers Conference Portland, OR, Sept. 16-19, 2008.
FreedomHEC Santa Monica, November 8-9, 2008.