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Mailvelope for Chrome: PGP Encrypted Email Made Easy

Linux Advocate Dietrich Schmitz officially endorses what he deems is a truly secure, easy to use PGP email encryption program. Read the details.

Step off Microsoft's License Treadmill to FOSS Linux

Linux Advocate Dietrich Schmitz reminds CIOs that XP Desktops destined for MS end of life support can be reprovisioned with FOSS Linux to run like brand new. Read how.

Bitcoin is NOT Money -- it's a Commodity

Linux Advocate shares news that the U.S. Treasury will treat Bitcoin as a Commodity 'Investment'. Read the details.

Google Drive Gets a Failing Grade on Privacy Protection

Linux Advocate Dietrich Schmitz puts out a public service privacy warning. Google Drive gets a failing grade on protecting your privacy.

Email: A Fundamentally Broken System

Email needs an overhaul. Privacy must be integrated.

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Cookie Cutter Distros Don't Cut It

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The 'Linux Inside' Stigma - It's real and it's a problem.

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Turn a Deaf Ear

Linux Advocate Dietrich Schmitz reminds readers of a long ago failed petition by Mathematician Prof. Donald Knuth for stopping issuance of Software Patents.

Showing posts with label World Domination. Show all posts
Showing posts with label World Domination. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Linux in Mobile: World Domination Complete

By +Katherine Noyes 

(Credit:www.guilli.com)
It seems fair to say that most Linux fans have already become accustomed to Linux's dominance on supercomputers and servers, as well as Linux-based Android's ever-growing success in the mobile realm.

What's going to take some getting used to, however, is the fact that, even beyond Android, Linux is increasingly dominating mobile computing.

Yes, there's iOS, which has enjoyed undeniable success; the same can hardly be said, however, for Windows, while BlackBerry is in a state of uncertain transition. Just about all the other winning or up-and-coming platforms, however, are based on Linux.

Let's take a look at some of the leading contenders.