SUSE Linux Enterprise 10, a Closer Look

Tripperfish writes "Mad Penguin's Adam Doxtater has published an in-depth review of SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10, Novell's alleged 'Vista Killer.' From the article: 'SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 is a very capable, industrial strength desktop which is ready to take on basic desktop chores in the corporate environment, and for the price you simply cannot go wrong. ' The review comes complete with screenshots and Flash movies of the install, new GNOME interface, and Beagle in action."

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Killer Mania!

[A Dafa Disciple]

In no article I've seen has any writer actually suggested or "alleged" that SUSE Enterprise 10 is going to be a "Vista killer," as the story submitter (and transitively, /. editor) purported. Gotta love the FUD.

You certainly wouldn't hear Novell utter those words. I believe that a company that's been around as long as they have has more sense than that and knows that the best they could ever hope for is "Vista competitor." It would be interesting to know just how much of a margin Novell would have to take of Microsoft's sales in order for them to consider the maneuver to be a success.

On a side note, this "killer" stuff is getting way out of hand, with iPod killers and Flash killers, and /. killers, and YouTube killers and now apprently Vista killers...

Please folks; enough with the killing.

Can't we all just get along?

Re:Killer Mania!

[Anonymous Coward]

In no article I've seen has any writer actually suggested or "alleged" that SUSE Enterprise 10 is going to be a "Vista killer," as the story submitter (and transitively, /. editor) purported. Gotta love the FUD.

I was under the impression that "FUD" stood for "Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt," and generally refers to a marketing strategy of spreading vague rumors and reports of defects in competing products.

By contrast, calling this product a "Vista killer" seems to say more about how great SuSE's product will be, supposing it could, in fact, win significant marketshare away from Windows. Now, calling something an "X killer" is certainly a stupid remark, but it clearly doesn't fit the traditional definition of FUD as some kind of vague, unsubstantiated, rumors about flaws in a competing product.

When did FUD switch from the classical definition to "any random stupid statement that Joe Slashdotter disagrees with"?

Re:Horrible article

[Anonymous Coward]

NT 4 obviously isn't used as widely as XP (NT 5.1), when XP goes out companies which aren't using Windows-only software and don't want to buy lots of new hardware may well switch.

Also NT 4 has been widely replaced with Linux; when NT 4 was in it's prime Linux and *BSD weren't viable choices.

Novell's strategy

[alucinor]

I think Novell's strategy with SLED isn't to bill it as a wholesale replacement for XP in the general desktop, but for "edge" workstations, like help desk people. I personally think it'd be great for a developer machine -- if you were a Java or Web developer, at least.

But if they want to be successful at all, they'll need to nail these two things:

1) Marketing
2) Alleviating fears about training and support.

And Novell has been known to suck at (1) -- and it's going to be all uphill for (2). But good luck to them, because we need more variety in computing to keep MS on their toes and valuing their developers more so that they actually have to compete on merits for a change.

Re:Looks nice

[porkThreeWays]

This one release isn't going to be a Windows killer. However, consistant high quality releases like this over the next few years will definatly make a huge impact. It won't happen all at once. We'll just step back in 5 years and say "wow, linux has 20% desktop market share. When did this happen?".

Re:Well...

[Trelane]

What I need is for linux to be able to run aps like Photoshop natively.

Umm, then you should talk to Adobe, not Linux developers. Last I checked, Adobe were still the ones making photoshop....