__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Wednesday 18 April 2007 12:53 \__
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> __/ [ John Bailo ] on Wednesday 18 April 2007 02:02 \__
>>
>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>
>>>> A Linux for the rest of us?
>>>>
>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>> | Serial entrepreneur Peter Dawe, who helped bring the internet to the
>>>> | UK, is launching a "safe" Linux distro tailored for the technophobe.
>>>> `----
>>>>
>>>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/04/17/babellinux/
>>>>
>>>> When Mark Shuttleworth set its eyes on a similar goal he was quite
>>>> successful.
>>>
>>> That is good...but it's a day late and a dollar short.
>>>
>>> SUSE has the pole position. Xgl is lighting fast.
>>>
>>> If you go Suse, you win.
>>
>> He could fork Opensuse if he wanted. I don't think any distributors does
>> this, but many adopt Debian, RHEL, and Ubuntu.
>>
>
> Debian-based distros are more likely to be the future to my mind. The
> only thing SuSE has pole position on is some dubious deal with
> Microsoft, as far as I know.
Novell has been eerily quiet recently. I hope no storm is on its way.
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