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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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  3. 2nd wife = Beta tester by Illuminati+Member · · Score: 5, Funny

    My second wife was a beta tester for the latest version (release candidate).

    She told me all about it to stuff it in my face. One of the differences for us that caused the divorce was that I was a big Windows user (although I did run Linux on one of my machines, which she took through the divorce), and she was a big Linux and BSD user. I can honestly say that I am strictly a windows user because she took all the boxes with Linux on them.

    Anyway, she said it has some features that will 'blow windows AND linux users away.' I'd say more, but don't know if I'm allowed to tell the info legally (trust me, she's already taken me to the cleaners, once).

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    1. Re:2nd wife = Beta tester by duck+'o+death · · Score: 5, Funny

      It's ok, Taco.

      Really.

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  4. Benefits? by GreatDave · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The main benefit of UL is that it will present a united spec to compete against Red Hat. From the ISV and hardware vendor perspective, this is good, because there will be only two Linux distro specs being used in the business world where they will hawk their goods. Debian ought to count as a third but it doesn't have the marketshare or mindshare (except among diehard admins, of course).

    Only good can come of this, though I really don't see UL being able to overcome Red Hat.

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