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Friday, May 11, 2007 5:15:51 AM
Red Hat tries new desktop Linux angle
Red Hat announced a new version of its Linux software on Wednesday geared for desktop and laptop computer customers in developing nations.
Red Hat Global Desktop is geared for customers including governments and small businesses in emerging markets. Intel is a partner in the design and distribution of the software, which is geared specifically for several Intel PC designs dubbed Classmate, Affordable, Community and Low-Cost for emerging-nation customers.
Desktop Linux has never been a major focus at Red Hat, whose profits chiefly have come from selling support subscriptions for customers using its software on servers. Servers never were dominated by Microsoft Windows the way desktop PCs are, and Unix, to which Linux is a close cousin, has long been widely used on servers.
But the Raleigh, N.C.-based company has tried. In 2004, Red Hat unveiled a desktop Linux product aimed at Microsoft.
One competitor, Canonical, has more desktop Linux buzz. Last week, Dell announced it would preinstall Canonical's Ubuntu Linux version on some of its PCs.
Compared with other earlier efforts, Red Hat now is taking less of a one-size-fits-all approach, the company said. Along with the Global Desktop version is a flavor of the new Red Hat Enterprise Linux designed for large companies that want to ease administration and security issues. And it's working on the One Laptop Per Child effort to bring $100 laptops to students in poor countries who've never used computers before.
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Red Hat announced a new version of its Linux software on Wednesday geared for desktop and laptop computer customers in developing nations.
Red Hat Global Desktop is geared for customers including governments and small businesses in emerging markets. Intel is a partner in the design and distribution of the software, which is geared specifically for several Intel PC designs dubbed Classmate, Affordable, Community and Low-Cost for emerging-nation customers.
Desktop Linux has never been a major focus at Red Hat, whose profits chiefly have come from selling support subscriptions for customers using its software on servers. Servers never were dominated by Microsoft Windows the way desktop PCs are, and Unix, to which Linux is a close cousin, has long been widely used on servers.
But the Raleigh, N.C.-based company has tried. In 2004, Red Hat unveiled a desktop Linux product aimed at Microsoft.
One competitor, Canonical, has more desktop Linux buzz. Last week, Dell announced it would preinstall Canonical's Ubuntu Linux version on some of its PCs.
Compared with other earlier efforts, Red Hat now is taking less of a one-size-fits-all approach, the company said. Along with the Global Desktop version is a flavor of the new Red Hat Enterprise Linux designed for large companies that want to ease administration and security issues. And it's working on the One Laptop Per Child effort to bring $100 laptops to students in poor countries who've never used computers before.
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