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Feb
21st

Open ballot: does Qt have a future?

Author: TuxRadar | Files under syndicated

Nokia’s recent bombshell announcement that it would team up with Microsoft has generated much brow-furrowing in the free software community. The Finnish mobile giant claims that it still plans to launch some kind of MeeGo-related product this year, and…


Feb
8th

Open Ballot: will you attend a Linux event this year?

Author: TuxRadar | Files under syndicated

From friendly little LUG gatherings at the pub, through to massive conferences sponsored by technology giants, there are loads of Linux events taking place throughout the year. We want to know: will you be attending anything this year? If so, what sort…


Jan
24th

The Linux Convert Corner

Author: TuxRadar | Files under syndicated

Share your Linux conversion success stories here! If you’ve switched your friends, family or workplace to Linux, we want to hear about it. Please post below! (This page originally started as an Open Ballot for our podcast, but it became so full of posi…


Jan
7th

Open Ballot: will you be buying a tablet in 2011?

Author: TuxRadar | Files under syndicated

Happy new year! As we prepare to kick-off a new series of the TuxRadar Podcast, we want your musings for the Open Ballot section. For episode 1 we’re asking: will you be buying one of those new-fangled tablet computers (or “media consumption devices”) …


Dec
13th

Open Ballot: what was the biggest Linux event in 2010?

Author: TuxRadar | Files under syndicated

We’re gearing up to record our last podcast of 2010, and in this episode we’ll be looking back on a very eventful year for the Linux community. In our Open Ballot – which isn’t really an Open Ballot this time, we’ll admit – we want you to tell us: what…


Dec
7th

Open Ballot: will 2011 be the year of Linux on the desktop?

Author: TuxRadar | Files under syndicated

OK, so it’s a bit of a clichéd question, but with the awesome developments that have taken place in the Linux world over the last year, it’s worth asking again. Will 2011 – finally – be the year that Linux makes serious inroads into the desktop space?…


Nov
9th

Open Ballot: should KDE and Qt libraries merge?

Author: TuxRadar | Files under syndicated

“Let’s merge Qt and the KDE development platform. Let’s put all KDE libraries, support libraries, and platform modules into Qt.” So says Cornelius Schumacher, long-time KDE coder and the current president of KDE e.V. Such a bold move would be a “massiv…


Oct
26th

Open Ballot: do you support Ubuntu’s move to Unity?

Author: TuxRadar | Files under syndicated

This is a big one: the world’s most popular Linux distribution is getting a radical desktop overhaul in 11.04. Ubuntu will switch from the standard Gnome layout, as used in all previous desktop releases, to the Unity interface featured in the netbook e…


Oct
14th

Open Ballot: are you excited by Panasonic’s Jungle?

Author: TuxRadar | Files under syndicated

Coming just a mere week after our last recording (sorry, we’re struggling to get back on schedule!), it’s time for another open ballot question where you – yes, you! – get your views read out on our podcast. This time our topic is Panasonic’s “Jungle”,…


Oct
4th

Open Ballot: is Graham Morrison wrong?

Author: TuxRadar | Files under syndicated

Our kid Graham has had a rough time of it on the internet recently. His article for our sister site TechRadar, “The trouble with Linux: there’s too much choice”, sparked off a few flamewars. Most notably, Caitlyn Martin over on the O’Reilly blog delive…