LinuxWorld is the premier event for the Linux and open source community, As the largest international professional IT event on Linux held in China, LinuxWorld 2007 Conference receives the powerful support of government departments , but compared to LinuxWorld Conference in San Francisco , Beijing LinuxWorld Conference became relatively deserted. Why create such a situation? what is the obstacles in the development of Linux in China? see more details.

RedHat, one of the world's largest open source and Linux software providers, has landed in Chengdu through Sofmit, the largest outsourcing software company in Sichuan Province of China. RedHat and Sofmit have established a RedHat Southwest SOA Solution Center and China SOA Service Center in Chengdu.

A Chinese open-source community contributes a new linux distribution--Coboo Linux Desktop 1.0, Coboo Linux Desktop 1.0 is using the latest 2.6 kernel, GNOME2 desktop systems, firefox browser, openoffice 2.0, and it has a friendly user interface.

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Is the "Standard" really omnipotent? This is a wrong and unrealistic understanding that Linux can grow well on the Linux National Standard. But Linux is not standardized, there are a number of international standards. So we need more patience and skill, and must to do more.

When Dell and Lenovo began selling the PC with Linux, some people feel blindly optimistic at Chinese Linux market. But Linux is only a fig leaf of many manufacturers in China. This is to avoid the high cost of Windows, not for popularizing Linux. Vendors said that all of users will format the Linux system, and install a pirated Windows system.