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| author | luxagraf <sng@luxagraf.net> | 2019-05-04 15:48:55 -0500 |
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| committer | luxagraf <sng@luxagraf.net> | 2019-05-04 15:48:55 -0500 |
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archived all the stuff from freelancing for wired
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diff --git a/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/05.07.07/Fri/redhat.txt b/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/05.07.07/Fri/redhat.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 42bb2d3..0000000 --- a/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/05.07.07/Fri/redhat.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,16 +0,0 @@ -Earlier this week Red Hat announced the availability of a new desktop Linux distribution, dubbed Red Hat Global Desktop. The new system signals a change from [Red Hat][1] as it moves from its previous concentration on the server market to the Linux desktop. - -Red Hat Global Desktop seems geared to compete with SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 Desktop and with the increasingly popular Ubuntu Desktop. - -The Global Desktop distro is, [according to DesktopLinux.com][2], a result of Red Hat's involvement with the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) project. Like many Linux vendors, Red Hat sees the future of Linux in emerging markets. - -Global Desktop will be a stripped down version of Red Hat's existing Enterprise Linux Desktop which features some 1,500 applications. Gerry Riveros, head of Red Hat client solutions marketing, said at a press conference at Red Hat's ongoing Red Hat Summit in San Diego, "we stripped this down to about 700 [applications] by getting rid of a lot of things like developer tools and compilers, which helped reduce the hardware requirements for the system." - -Global Desktop also see perhaps the most explicit partnership to date between Red Hat and Intel. In fact, Global Desktop will not be a download and install system, rather the OS will be pre-installed on inexpensive PCs. - -Although the primary market is small businesses and governments in emerging countries, at least some manufacturers will likely release machines for the U.S. market as well. - -Expect Red Hat Global Desktop to begin shipping in June 2007. - -[1]: http://www.redhat.com/ "Red Hat" -[2]: http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS4676444460.html "Red Hat shows its Global Desktop cards"
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