On 28 Apr 2002 12:29:04 -0400 "R. Sean Hartnett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Which version(s) of a Linux release is more skewed towards the desktop? Here's an article on a recent announcement from SuSE. It's interesting that a Linux distributor is taking direct aim at that most commercial and heavily-defended edifice, Microsoft licensing. From: http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/25050.html <clip> Version 8.0 is based on version 2.4.18 of the Linux kernel and includes an improved desktop interface, KDE 3.0, which is closer to the Windows desktop environment most users are familiar with. Using the YaST2 configuration program, users can have SuSE Professional Edition version 8.0 (which comes in seven CDs or one DVD) up and running on a blank PC in 20 minutes, according to Roger Whittaker, a technical consultant at SuSE. "We're trying to develop the most functional and easy to use Linux distribution available," said Whittaker, who added that many large businesses and police organisations are exploring the use of Linux on the desktop. Desktop use of Linux remains the exception, of course, but SuSE reckons Microsoft's latest licensing policies will see Linux distro make inroads into the Windows hegemony. </clip> ***************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *****************************************************************
