Carl William Spitzer IV wrote:
On Sat, 2005-03-26 at 17:44, Daniel Carrera wrote:We are always talking from our own point of view as INDIVIDUALS. I thought it would be interesting to address this persistent issue of DISTRO CHOICE from the enterprise perspective, which is so different and even more important when concerning Linux/OOo and overall ADOPTION.
Christian Einfeldt wrote:They have the slickest marketing and package scheme of any software
Linspire is the slickest GNU/Linux desktop that I have seen so far, but now here comes Novell with some slick new stuff that it claims will be slicker than Microsoft.
Since when is Microsoft "slick" ?
producer. Its a shame thats all they have going for them.
Linspire and Xandros are nice but tend to fail due diligence when organizations review the products and the COMPANIES BEHIND the products--which is a big factor--not to mention the services surrounding the product. That's why enterprise Linux options only boil down to 2 or 3: Red Hat, Novell & Java Desktop System...the decision being driven by the COMPLETE offering, including the quality and culture of the vendor COMPANY.
NLD is good, with nice Windows app integration from Citrix Client, VNC etc. and with a full backing of support, training and consulting from Novell.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux, though, comes out soundly on top as being the most full borne and professional desktop system of any (bar none), even Windows. It's sold only in units of 10 at $2,500 per. Now $250 seems like a lot to an individual student or hacker, but RHDT is a BUNDLED deal--with support, deployment, RH Network, etc-- so you can't compare it blindly across a distro pricing matrix. Trust me, it's by far the best value and most complete; although out of the reach of mere mortals ;-)
The first review of it is here: http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8191
-Sam
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