Binaries tailored specifically to the open source Linux operating system can coexist on the same desktop with Windows Vista and Windows XP programs via Ulteo Virtual Desktop. Essentially, the promise of the Ulteo Virtual Desktop is to deliver Linux applications on Windows via the Ulteo panel. The virtualized environment will permit end users to run native Linux solutions right on the Windows Vista desktop, and integration complete down to the level of sharing the Windows Aero graphical user interface.

“At the moment, you will find a selection of applications that include: Firefox web browser enabled with Flash & Java, the full OpenOffice.org office suite that can deal with your MS Office documents KPdf to deal with your PDF documents, Kopete: the multi-Instant Messaging software that supports MSN and other protocols, Skype, Thunderbird + Enigmail, Gimp and Digikam to manage your pictures and Inkscape and Scribus to create great graphics and newspapers,” reads a fragment of Ulteo’s description.

Always searching for the biggest, best-tasting lollipop, Red Hat Linux just decided to add a dash of earthy flavor. Linux vendors like Novell are focusing in on energy efficiency and power consumption, and hoping to catch some of the sugar sweet publicity that comes with anything green. Meanwhile Windows Vista is still angry and bloated.

Lately Linux developers have been focused on all sorts of mobile applications, but this news has a variety of applications.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2 has green improvements that should reduce power consumption. It supports CPU frequency scaling in virtualised environments, and includes support for Intel’s Dynamic Acceleration Technology, which can idle or, as Red Hat describes it, “quiesce” CPU cores. The system can also overclock busy cores to get more work out of them within safe thermal levels, Red Hat said. That’s according to ZDNet.

Good news for people who want to use their laptops 80-90% of each workday.

And although Windows Vista typically has a voracious appetite, it’s market share is equally as immense. RedHat Linux has endured some struggles in trying to catch up, and Windows Vista doesn’t show any signs of giving up anytime soon.

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