[desktop-discuss] SuSE Enterprise Desktop 10 reviews

[Stefan Teleman]

On 7/11/06, Gerald Henriksen <ghenriks at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 14:25:44 -0400, you wrote:
>
> >On 7/11/06, Calum Benson <Calum.Benson at sun.com> wrote:
> >> The benchmark is set, let's beat it :)
> >>
> >> http://madpenguin.org/cms/index.php/?m=show&opt=printable&id=7150
> >>
> >> http://www.apcstart.com/site/admin/2006/07/650/ultimate-desktop-search-suse-linux-enterprise-desktop-10-and-beagle
> >
> >Does this mean Sun will now offer KDE as a supported desktop, in
> >addition to GNOME ?
>
> The articles linked to are all about Gnome and what Novell has done to
> customize it for their desktop release, and how those customizations
> make for a very polished, easy to use product.

The articles are indeed focused on GNOME.

However, SuSE Enterprise Desktop provides *both* GNOME and KDE, out of
the box, and the installer does not prefer or suggest one over the
other. The user chooses which one will be the default desktop, and
whether or not the other one will be installed or not.

The OP's message (to which i had replied) hinted at SLED being the
acknowledged benchmark, and at beating the benchmark.

I'm not sure how one can match a benchmark, let alone beat it, without
at least offering equivalent functionality.

--Stefan

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Stefan Teleman
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