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Ubuntu, SUSE, Fedora Linux updates prepped as Win7 release nears

Summary: As Microsoft gets set to launch Windows 7,  Linux desktop vendors are trying to make some waves.Yesterday, IBM and Canonical announced availability of a cloud and Linux-based business desktop alternative for existing PCs or low cost netbooks.

Paula Rooney

By for Linux and Open Source |

As Microsoft gets set to launch Windows 7,  Linux desktop vendors are trying to make some waves.

Yesterday, IBM and Canonical announced availability of a cloud and Linux-based business desktop alternative for existing PCs or low cost netbooks.

The IBM Client for Smart Work package , which was first introduced in Africa last month, runs Canonical's Ubuntu and IBM's Lotus Symphony office suite, Lotus Notes e-mail or LotusLive iNotes for cloud based email and other social networking tools. It can be hosted on site or in a cloud based model.

Canonical, Red Hat, CSS Corp, Compariv, Midas Networks, Virtual Bridges and ZSL are among the selling the package.

Also on Tuesday, Novell introduced SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 Service Pack 3, which offers upgraded Firefox browser and Novell GroupWise collaboration software and updated drivers to support the latest hardware and peripherals.

Meanwhile, Red Hat-backed open source organization Fedora on Tuesday announced the beta release of its next generation Linux code named "Constantine" which includes better video streaming support for the desktop.

Topics: Software, Browser, Collaboration, IBM, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems

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  • another nail in M$ coffin

    The upcomming failure of windoze 7 and M$ going under will not leave the users exposed.
    Linux is here to save the day!
    Linux Geek
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    • Wrong Answer

      http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/21/windows-7-breaks-amazon-uk-pre-order-volume-record-ousts-harry/
      ShadeTree
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      • Desperation

        Guess it shows how desperate Vista users are to get onto Win7
        AndyPagin
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        • There is nothing in the article to suggest ....

          ... what OS they are upgrading from.
          ShadeTree
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      • http://gcn.com/articles/2009/10/26/gcn-lab-review-windows-7-vista-by-anothe

        http://gcn.com/articles/2009/10/26/gcn-lab-review-
        windows-7-vista-by-another-name.aspx?
        s=gcndaily_201009

        way_z
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        • Nothing could be further from ....

          ... the truth with the exception of the first post in the chain.
          ShadeTree
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      • Wrong answer again.

        the Windows Chevrolet Aveo may be popular but Linux Toyota Yaris is reliable - not pretty but very, very reliable...
        Agnostic_OS
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        • What does that have to do with my post?

          Try following the topic being discussed rather then blathering nonsense!
          ShadeTree
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          • KEEP UP!

            You can only follow in a linear fashion?
            Agnostic_OS
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        • so is DOS and unix

          And neither have much of a market on the desktop
          Your point?
          midcapwarrior@...
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          • so are DOS and unix

            And both have their merits. Just because something is popular does not make it good or "the best".
            Agnostic_OS
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      • RE: Ubuntu, SUSE, Fedora Linux updates prepped as Win7 release nears

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    • Windows 7 a failure?

      Didn't it already surpass Linux's market share? BEFORE it's GA?

      Failure huh?
      The one and only, Cylon Centurion
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      • Despite the nay-sayers ...

        Windows 7 seems to be "heaven sent" to use users stuck with Vista!
        Maybe some day in the distant future, in a galaxy far, far away Widows, Linus, OSX and Unix will converge into a single usefull, stable, powerfull, user friendly OS!
        kd5auq
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        • Enterprise first

          Still my bet, for several reasons..

          - Strong thin client redevelopment, not as a move against any vendor, but to decrease complexity and service calls at the edge, while greatly enhancing agility.

          - The server gang already knows Linux, unlike the Best Buys and the like that the home user has to depend on.

          - License savings provide an incentive to look at alternatives for most machines, while retaining a specialized desktop image for those that require a unique application. Any decent enterprise architecture shop already has that governance in place. Home user has no analogous incentive, and it's an all-or-nothing proposition.

          - Some relatively big guys (ODNI and NYSE) are showing the way.

          If anything, the OS-agnostic movement will be business based.
          IT_User
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      • Numbers

        The ONLY metric by which Windoze beats Linux, the number of people hoodwinked by hype...
        Agnostic_OS
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        • Windoze?

          Really? How old are you?


          People use Windows for its ease of use and familiarity, not because of the hype.
          The one and only, Cylon Centurion
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          • You are in the wrong forum. Go back to Ed Bott and Mary Jo

            and wave your MS flag there.
            Not welcome.
            Can you take a dose of your own medicine?
            D T Schmitz
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          • No MS flag

            I'm an OS agnostic.

            More competition in the market the better, I'll still pick and choose what I feel is best for what I want where I need it. Win, *nix, even DOS. it keeps things flying.
            Agnostic_OS
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    • I've FINALLY discoverd your problem.

      You have useless balls. :D

      http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/10/21/republican_testosterone_drop/
      ths40
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