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UnitedLinux Ready for Official Launch

Posted by Hemos on from the roll-out-the-yet-another-distro-carpet dept.

Anonymous Coward writes " PCWORLD has the word that UnitedLinux has completed beta testing of the first release of its open source Linux operating system and is ready to launch the product as planned next month, said company manager Paula Hunter Tuesday at the LinuxWorld Conference and Expo in Frankfurt, Germany."

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  1. IMHO by Znonymous+Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    I have beta tested SCOs version of UnitedLinux. UnitedLinux is basically Caldera mixed with SuSE. It's not hat great unless you really like SuSE stuff (YASTA, etc).

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    1. Re:IMHO by haggar · · Score: 5, Informative

      Me too (betatested, that is). I was dismayed they didn't integrate COAS into it. I liked COAS.

      On the other hand, I have to admit they packed a LOT of server and network management-related utilities in it.

      All in all, it felt rather solid and professional. yast was a bit buggy and some features were missing, apparently. I am totally curious how the configuration is in the final product.

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  2. Shame they don't know what "Open Source" means by Phil+Hands · · Score: 5, Informative

    UnitedLinux has completed beta testing of the first release of its open source Linux operating system
    (emphasis mine)

    Given that United Linux uses YaST as it's installer, the operating system is dependant up on that non-free (and hence non Open Source) program, which renders the whole thing non-free.

    United Linux, like SuSE, is not Free Softwae, so it is not Open Source.

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