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What were the biggest developments in desktop Linux in 2013? As much as I'd like to jump on the end-of-year-list bandwagon and write about all the new open source applications and innovations of the last 12 months, this year not much happened in the world of the Linux desktop. The real Linux headlines were in the cloud, Android and embedded devices.

It's not even January 2014 yet, and already Canonical faces another media flare-up about its Ubuntu Linux operating system. But this time, the negative stories about the open source vendor -- which critics accuse of storing WiFi passwords in an insecure way via NetworkManager -- are not fair.

If 2013 was the year of OpenStack adoption, 2014 will be all about "spitting and polishing" the open source framework for building public and private clouds to make it easier to deploy and use than ever. That's the message from two veterans of the cloud hosting industry, who shared their insights recently on where OpenStack cloud computing is headed in the coming year.

What were the Linux community's biggests achievements in 2013? The answer may depend on your perspective. In a demonstration of what one of the most important organizations in the open source ecosystem thinks, however, the Linux Foundation's director has issued an informal report summing up everything Linux has done in the past year in the cloud, cars, Android, high-performance computing and more.

From Ubuntu 13.10 to a surprise Microsoft Office 365 alternative, here are the 10 most read Open Source blogs and news stories from The VAR Guy in 2013. Hats off to Contributing Blogger Christopher Tozzi for most of this content.

Canonical has not abandoned Ubuntu TV, but it is focusing for now on delivering smartphones powered by Ubuntu Linux, according to Community Manager Jono Bacon.

Enterprise Linux vendors SUSE, Red Hat and Canonical are pursuing ever-longer support cycles for their flagship open source products.

Engineers inside Dell are enthusiastic about support for Linux and Ubuntu, even if Dell's official offerings in this space remain limited.

Amid the HP Moonshot hype, niche ARM and microserver alternatives running Ubuntu and OpenStack Havana are emerging. But are customers and partners ready?

As customers seek alternatives to Microsoft's discontinued Windows Small Business Server (SBS), Amazon Web Services (AWS) has caught on. But just how many Microsoft partners will rush toward Amazon's cloud?

Acer rolled out the Chromebook C720-2848 against the HP Chromebook 11. In fact, HP recalled its Google Chromebook amid overheating charger concerns from users.

Dell's Project Sputnik, its Ubuntu-based laptop for cloud developers, gains new engineering resources and collaboration with outside developers.

Plenty of companies have built businesses around Linux, MySQL, SugarCRM and other open source technologies. But what open source platforms will define 2014? Keep an eye on Hadoop, KVM, NoSQL, OpenDaylight and OpenStack. Here's why.

OpenStack Summit 2014 has generated open source cloud computing news from Cisco Systems, Canonical, Red Hat, HP, Mirantis, VMware and more. Will VARs and partners jump in?

OpenWFD, a new open source project, could bring Miracast support for wireless display output on tablets, phones and PCs to Linux.

Fedora 20, the next version of the open source operating system sponsored by Red Hat, will bring several feature updates to the world of desktop Linux when it debuts December 17.

Ubuntu 13.10 has arrived. And System76 has launched a touch-based Ubuntu notebook. Can the Darter Ultrathin counter Microsoft Surface, Apple MacBook Air and other even touch-based tablets?

Oct. 17 marks the official release of version 13.10 of Ubuntu Linux, Canonical's open source operating system for the desktop, server and cloud. And while there may not be quite as much new stuff for desktop users as there has been in previous Ubuntu versions, it's still worth taking stock of what Canonical has changed.

How much is Red Hat (RHT) investing into OpenStack Research and Development (R&D)? The cloud technology appears to be consuming lots of dollars, but finding the information isn't easy. Here's why.

OpenStack, the open source cloud platform, is beginning to attract a training marketplace and user guides for administrators. Is that enough?