infoworld.com — For the forthcoming SLED (Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop) 10, Novell went back to the drawing board to rethink what makes a good desktop. The result is extremely impressive... SLED 10 is hands down the most polished desktop Linux distribution I've ever used -- and that includes Ubuntu.
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nicuJun 20, 2006
Oh come on these are a bunch of IT nerds - they need to argue over distributions. They need to finally win at something! They come from a long history of being picked last in gym class and not being picked by girls at all. Give them this one moment of anonymous glory when their comment gets +2 diggs and their competitor gets buried. Yeah!
mrtrickJun 20, 2006
Well said.
phytonixJun 20, 2006
sadly even though they begin early, they can't make it a product fast enough. wait, it is actually TOO SLOW!
uzusanJun 21, 2006
Anybody know if the customisation of openoffice that has been done in SLED 10 will be available across the board?In the video on the novells preview page (i recommened everyone watch it, its very good) they show off VBA support, with approx 95-98% of all macros in excel sheets running out of the box, no popups nothing. just load it and it works. I hope this is integrated into the next openoffice release, it would be am major step forward.
cduquetteJun 21, 2006
I'm currently a Ubuntu user, coming from 4 years of Gentoo and I really enjoy OpenSuse. The only thing that bothers me is I can't get media support working for the life of me in that distro. Suse has always felt the most polished, yet not being able to play mp3s without serious research seems like a hole they need to fix. Don't forget their great artwork and interface design. Go Novell. Oh thanks for Xgl guys :D.
raynevandunemJun 21, 2006
Um, no, Linux (a frickin' kernel) is not about "freedom", "community", and other similarly hype-ish bulls**t.That's what GNU is/was about, with or without Linux (or without a kernel, either, LOL).And actually, YES. Competition is what commercially-supported distribution is supposed to be about.If you don't have good competition, you deprecate your engineering. If you deprecate your engineering, you come out with s**tty products. Microsoft's a good example. Apple is a good example. Novell (and every other "Linux" company, for that matter) is a basket case of an example.Why do I say that for the Linux collective?Because distributors rely far too much upon outside developers (the very Linux kernel is a starting example). Why can't they make their own f**king distro look like their own f**king product rather than just another goddamned KDE or GNOME distro?Hell, Novell has enough money. Instead of making it look shiny with XGL, why don't they just burn that oldy, moldy piece of s**t known as X11 and come up with something original?Wake me when that happens.
thaegerJun 21, 2006
Uzusan:Michael Meeks leads up a team of OpenOffice.org contributors inside of Novell, and they're most likely making the most significant contributions to OOo outside of the core of maintainers at Sun. Their work is all contributed back to the OOo project, so I expect it will show up in other distros over time. Generally, SUSE Linux is the first place where these improvements show up first. Michael's leadership in the OOo community is huge, and since he works for Novell, SUSE Linux is where his team's contribs will show up first.--Ted
kettlechipsJun 22, 2006
How DO you get Quicktime to play in Firefox?
kettlechipsJun 22, 2006
It was ported but abandoned after one release.