Many users are unaware of the fact that the Linux kernel developed by the Linus Torvalds team contains proprietary software to make it, for example, more compatible and universal with certain hardware.
So if we’d like to use GNU/Linux in a 100% free way , discarding these non-free added components, we should use some of the recommended distros by the Free Software Foundation (FSF) that you can find in this link.
The upcoming release of application virtualization with UDS Enterprise, the integration of our VDI connection broker for Windows and Linux with oVIrt and the features of the LXD hypervisor have been the most read topics in our blog during the last two weeks.
Find below the links to these posts so that you are up to date with the most interesting topics according to our followers:
UDS Enterprise will incorporate application virtualization
The Goya Theatre in Madrid will host next Tuesday 16th the first edition of the Enterprise Open Source Conference, which is, according to the organization, “the first Open Source Conference 100% focused on the business world that takes place in Spain”.
Through lectures, workshops, round tables, case studies and demonstrations, thw public will understand why Open Source technologies are gaining ground over proprietary technologies in the enterprises and how they have the IT world abuzz.
The UDS Enterprise development team is working to launch the application virtualization on an experimental basis ahead of schedule. In this way, we will respond to one of our client’s most important demands. Our connection broker for Windows and Linux will bring together two complementary technologies: desktop and application virtualization.
This important innovation will be incorporated, as you can see in the image that illustrates this article, on the UDS Enterprise administration dashboard. Thus, in addition to providing virtual desktops, UDS Enterprise will make available for users those virtualized vApp that are best suit their needs.
The wide variety of options is one of the features that differentiates Linux from other operating systems. It is the case of desktops, since users can choose between a multitude of alternatives, such as Xfce, MATE, Cinnamon, LXDE, GNOME…
One of them is KDE, which is marked for being a powerful, flexible, and even funny option. Linux and Open Source expert David Both helps us to explore this desktop environment, listing 9 reasons to use KDE:
