Red Hat Desktop Edition

Sivar writes "Red Hat plans to enter the desktop business OS market, The Register reports. Red Hat says that the move is in response to growing frustration with Microsoft which has peaked since the introduction of Microsoft's new licensing scheme. The article states that the desktop offering is due next year and, surprisingly "...the company is considering subscription-based pricing.""

Comments

Linux isn't ready for many companies.

[nuggz]

Many large companys can't change that easily.

My employer has many custom programs, and excel sheets that just won't work on anything else. Much of the technical office staff needs these specialized tools.

Interchange, the free office suites aren't compatible enough with MS Office, this would drastically impair my ability to get work done.

CAD, none of the major packages are available, and we need them.

I agree

[HanzoSan]

However I'd say win2k is more stable than XP.

XP lacks in the speed department as in the OS itself is too slow.

XP can be secured by knowledgeable users but its not secure by default, viruses, trojans, hacking through scripts in email, or the browser prevent Xp from being secure enough for the casual user.

Ease of use is the main thing linux needs to improve on, until Linux is as easy to use as OSX its not going to beat Windows.

Being just as easy as Windows is not good enough.

Re:Already exists, few care

[HanzoSan]

Redhat is better than Debian, its open source, its cheaper than Microsoft, its better than Debian.

Re:a long way to go

[HeUnique]

I don't know about you, but here are 2 examples of Windows compared to Linux..

1. SBLive drivers - go find them on the net, try to compile - fail (yes, need to copy the correct .config to the /usr/src/linux-2.4), retry compile, make install, fiddle with the /usr/local/etc/emu10k1.conf file (if you know the options well!), load the modules, start your sound server (if needed) and use your card..

Compare it to windows - double click on setup.exe - few clicks on Next, reboot, card is ready to be used with anything. Contrary to what people think, many end users don't give a damn if they need to reboot.

Logitech QuickCam Express - search for driver, download, compile, install, see why colors looks horrible and why you got some garbage in the trailing picture, and fiddle with the driver options to try to fix it, rmmod, modprobe, restart until you find it working correctly, and add a line to /etc/modules.conf so it can load automatically.

Windows - download the driver from the manufacturer, run the setup.exe - 3 clicks on Next, and the driver comes to live with a great picture quality!

There are TONS of problems with windows, but when it comes to driver installation, support from IHV, and 3rd party support, Microsoft puts RedHat into a shame...

Re:Then compile the code lazy bast....

[spongman]

dude, not all linux distros are the same, get a clue. loctions of config files/libraries are different, all sorts of shit.