[Desktop_architects] DAM-5 reports that the State of the Linux Desktop is strong

[John Walicki]

Yesterday I reported to the LF members and Jim Zemlin at the Linux 
Foundation Collaboration Summit closing session that the State of the 
Linux Desktop is strong.  Based on the work of many open source 
communities, 2008 continues to be a break out year for the Linux desktop. 
We had 8 distros talk about their 2008 accomplishments and preload 
agreements.  The OEM hardware panel reached an infliction point where the 
vendors are encouraging component and chipset vendors to deliver open 
source drivers as part of their procurement processes.  KDE and Gnome 
desktop environments continue to innovate on the desktop user experience 
and improve the usability of the Linux desktop for broader user segments. 
The joint sessions with the OpenPrinting, LSB, Mobile and Driver Backport 
workgroups demonstrated the strong partnerships we continue to build by 
working together under the auspices of the Linux Foundation.  I 
particularly enjoyed many of the Lightning Talks.

I'd like to thank all of the 75 attendees that joined us at the Desktop 
Architects Meeting 5, especially my co-moderators Alan Clark and Guy 
Lunardi

I've posted the DAM-5 Proceedings in the wiki
http://www.linux-foundation.org/en/Desktop_April_Summit_2008_Agenda
(I'm still waiting for a small number of presentations)


John Walicki
STSM, Open Client Architect
IBM, Enterprise on Demand Transformation
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