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Novell Returns to the SUSE Name

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the penguin-by-any-other-name dept.

soren42 writes "It appears that Novell has decided to rename their enterprise desktop line SUSE, once again. According to an announcement at CeBIT, Novell will be releasing the next version of their desktop product under the name SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop - ditching the moniker Novell Linux Desktop. Naming aside, it looks like the features will be there to make it a strong desktop competitor."

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  1. HA HA! by ylikone · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I still won't use it!

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  2. turn off the lights by Leadmagnet · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Novell is flailing, gasping it's lasts breaths before it rolls over and sinks beneath the waves of change. The only real revenue keeping its head above water is government agencies that haven't moved off legacy products that no one else uses.

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  3. Re:Good idea by wwwillem · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I agree, another good example is Fedora. I think most people, even those who are using it, would have preferred a product called something like "RedHat Express", "Open RedHat" (where the word "Open" is ofcourse one of the most awful words), "RedHat Developers Edition" or simply "RedHat 10". If you have to use Fedora (read: can't afford RedHat Enterprise Linux), you're feeling a second class citizen. And watching the unstability of Fedora, you probably even are.

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    Browsers shouldn't have a back button!! It's all about going forward...
  4. Stop the screenshot madness! by ami-in-hamburg · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Um.., for those of you who insist on posting links to screenshots, or, who are otherwise inclinded to be impressed by screenshots when discussing an OS, PLEASE STOP IT!

    The look and feel have absolutley nothing to do with a Linux OS and are absolutely no indication of how well it will or will not work!

    If you want to be dazzled by screenshots visit kde.org or gnome.org or any number of others. Being impressed by a picture of a desktop or start menu is very Microsoft and have no place in a Linux thread! IMHO