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Mark Shuttleworth, founder and financial backer of Ubuntu, urges the Linux Community to "build a better desktop than Apple." Shuttleworth made this statement this week at OSCON (O'Reilly's Open Source Convention).

He added that interoperability with Windows is of very high importance. Sounds easy enough. Let me get right on that.

Shuttleworth is actually correct. We should focus on a better Linux desktop--better than Apple's Mac OS X--better than Windows--and better than current Linux offerings.

If you're not a billionaire like Mark Shuttleworth, how do you go about building a better...

MindTouch announced today at the O'Reilly Open Source Convention (OSCON) that a new version of its collaboration app MindTouch Deki "Kilen Woods" is ready for its close-up.

Though it seems lately like you can't swing a cat (not that I would) without bumping into a new collaboration tool or suite of applications for the enterprise, you know you've got a good product on your hands when the folks at Mozilla use it.

In addition to MindTouch Deki's collaborative capabilities, its also billed as a "collective intelligence platform." Deki is clearly a useful way to keep information flowing among...