Linux has been around for many years now, however it has always remained a operating system not widely used by the normal consumer base, however, used most likely by network administrators who want to secure their network or stabilize their server. This is basically what Linux has been seen as for the past few years, however that may change very soon.

How could a change happen such as this? Surely it would take a great combination of Linux leaders and cooperation of many high dollar companies right? For such a thing to come true, Linux on a average consumer computer, yes this is what it would take, and thats what Two Linux leaders have helped set the first foot in the goal of an “average users” Linux.

The Free Standards Group and Open Source Development Labs of Beaverton have banded together in order to produce a “Super Linux Corporation” of sort known as “The Linux Foundation.” With the amount of competition Linux faces, better known companies such as Microsoft and Apple, this new merger should cause them to tremble because this merger provides great hope for the Open Source community, and the free way of doing things.

The best part of the two leaders merging, all things considered, would have to be the fact that since they have joined forces, they have now gained support from Hewlett Packard, IBM, and Oracle, as well as two of Linux’s most known distributors Novell and Red Hat. “The Linux Foundation” will indeed be a powerful force in the Linux community with the coming years, and as the leader of the Linux renewal they have chosen Jim Zemlin, previous executive director of the Free Standards Group.

With “The Linux Foundation”, a wave of Linux Genius’s will be working together to pave the way of Linux becoming a reality on the mainstream consumer market, also with HP and IBM under their supporters belt they have the chance to cross into many medium’s that were previously only Window’s based.

The Linux Foundation plans are that:

?The new group will defend Linux vendors and customers against intellectual property lawsuits. It also plans to help increase usage of Linux by aiding development of the software and helping the operating system work with open-source and proprietary software.?

Which means more freedom to code and more professional help with moving Linux forward, and this might just be the leverage Linux needs to move forward in the Operating Systems battle for supremacy which will ultimately help standardize Linux in the American household. What does this mean for other competitors? Simply put, it means trouble. Do you agree? Disagree? Let me know!

Via [techboggle]