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Novell to Standardize on GNOME

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the rollin-with-my-gnomies dept.

Motor writes "In what must be one of the least unexpected announcements of recent times, Novell says that they are standardizing on one desktop rather than supporting two different codebases. From the article: 'Novell is making one large strategic change. The GNOME interface is going to become the default interface on both the SLES (SuSE Linux Enterprise Server) and Novell Linux Desktop line. KDE libraries will be supplied on both, but the bulk of Novell's interface moving forward will be on GNOME.'"

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  1. Bye-bye, SUSE! Bye-bye Novell! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    what reason would i now have to choose SUSE enterprise servers over redhat's offering? redhat is the original, SUSE now just a copy.

    i'll opt for the original. or look if there are any other alternatives...

  2. Good move by gimpimp · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    This is a fantastic move by Novell. We use Suse at work, and I always make sure to put Gnome as the defaut desktop on a new install. I'm not a Suse user at home, as it's too much of a 'mish-mash', with a Gnome desktop, you're still using KDE/QT apps for config. Hopefully, we'll see a new breed of Gnome/mono config tools for a real Gnome desktop.

    Go Novell!

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    i wish i was but oh well
  3. Re:Best KDE-centric distro now? by cartoon · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Cannot do it with Gnome? Why not? Users in general don't care. Only religious zealots really care.

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    //Cartoon
  4. suck it up KDE fans, you can still help us win by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    You don't need Netcraft to confirm that KDE is dying. With your major distro dumping you, the future looks bleak. It looks like the "dual licensing" strategy tied to the fortune's of one company (one company that used to sleep with SCO by the way) is dead. Instead, a true industry standard is emerging : GNOME.

    Don't whine and don't go back to your Macs, join the Linux revolution and embrace open source, support GNOME !!!

    In the end, do the right thing: support the winner of this battle and help GNOME make Linux number one on the desktop.

    1. Re:suck it up KDE fans, you can still help us win by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

      Unfortunately, from a technical perspective, Gnome is garbage. Sorry.

  5. Re:Best KDE-centric distro now? by Elektroschock · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Well, SuSe managers always confirmed their committment towards KDE. It seems Ximian succeeded in brainwashing Novell US. Time to free Suse from Novell.

  6. Oh well another reason not to use SUSE by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Oh well another reason not to use SUSE along with RPMs and proprietory code (YAST) Quite frankly I can't think why anyone would want to use SUSE anyway when there are excellent distros like Debian and Gentoo out there. Good riddance!

  7. Re:Here are the links by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Shutup Karma whore, parent should be moded as troll.

  8. I am European and I prefer GNOME by PostHuman7 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    It's time to bury KDE!

    If Linux wants to get to next level it must adopt GNOME as the standard desktop and GTK as the standard GUI library.

    This is the way to go!