A first look at SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols (Jul. 13, 2006)
The newest SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop, version 10, is so close to being done that you can almost taste it. Novell released the gold master last week to its partners, and the server version, SLES (SUSE Linux Enterprise Server), based on the same code, is also almost ready for release.
The first thing users of the older NLD (Novell Linux Desktop) will notice is that the new desktop is no stripped down thin-client style Linux desktop like NLD. SLED is a full, rip-out-XP desktop replacement system.
In 2004, then CEO Jack Messman positioned NLD as not being "about the wholesale replacement of your Windows systems, but rather it's about identifying where and when an open-source desktop can be a sensible, cost-effective alternative."
Things have changed.
The new official Novell enterprise desktop comes with all the business applications any office would need. These include:
* OpenOffice.org 2.02
* Firefox Web browser 1.504
* GAIM 1.5 instant messaging client
* Beagle desktop search
* Evolution 2.6
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