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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. Some screenshots by Zaitor · · Score: 5, Informative

    http://scr3.golem.de/?d=0603/Novell_Next_Generatio n_Desktop&a=43914

  2. I gotta say this for SuSE by StressGuy · · Score: 3, Informative

    While I use Ubuntu on my "home office" computer, I think SuSE is the current front-runner for the home computer desktop OS. I've got SuSE 9.1 on our home computer for the wife and kids to use, it's just a slick package.

    Given the choice, it's the first one I would recommend to relatives.

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  3. Misleading subject by houghi · · Score: 3, Informative

    The subject makes you believe that Novell had dropped the SUSE name and returns to it now. That is not completely acurate. The SUSE (Not SuSE anymore) name was always there as a distro and at no point was there any thought about dropping that name.

    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop is not the same as the SUSE Linux you can download for free. By naming it is does show, again, Novells comitment with Linux.

    Oh and just so you are all clear on names: SUSE is the distribution, openSUSE is the comunity. SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server are the products they sell for real.

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  4. Re:Name matters by SpinyNorman · · Score: 3, Informative

    As someone who remember using Novell Btrieve (B-tree index file library) way back when, the last thing I associate with Novell is quality. This simple library had dozens of new errata every few months.

  5. Re:OLD NEWS!! by Jahf · · Score: 3, Informative

    as far as I remember, Novell only released their desktop product as Novell Linux Desktop, which was based on SuSE Enterprise Linux. They kept the SuSE naming for the business products.

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  6. Take a look... by soren42 · · Score: 5, Informative

    There's official Novell screenshots (a nice sneak preview) online at http://www.novell.com/products/desktop/preview.htm l.

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  7. Re:Pronuciation? by drewness · · Score: 4, Informative

    SuSE - zu-zuh
    Ubuntu - oo-BOON-too