Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>>> Red Hat Global Desktop to appear in November
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>>> | When Red Hat announced its upcoming Linux desktop at its annual summit
>>> | in May, the company predicted the Red Hat Global Desktop would be out
>>> | by September. Now, delayed a bit, the new desktop Linux will be
>>> | appearing in November, company executives are saying.
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS6584091276.html
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>> If they produce a slick installer, like Ubuntu, Knoppix or DSL then its
>> going to wipe out windopws desktop in next to no time.
>
> Their brand name will help a lot (customers and channels appreciate it).
> They already have some deals signed for the desktop.
My first ever distro was Rhat years ago.
I remember I got put down by the unwieldy installer.
It was the best in those days but not by todays standards.
Any mistake took hours to rectify with another install because I was
a novice and couldn't fix anything at that time.
In the end I stopped experimenting - at least until the liveCDs came out.
For that bit of old war wound, I would say to Rhat, make
your installers are simple as possible. Look at Ubuntu, DSL, Knoppix, Mepis
etc and see how advanced their more simple and quicker installers are.
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