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Moving the world to Linux

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BANGALORE: Novell expands worldwide availability of Linux with the launch of the openSUSE project, an initiative aimed at promoting the adoption of Linux worldwide.






The project provides free and easy access to the world's most usable Linux distribution, SUSE Linux. It also opens the development process for SUSE Linux by giving developers in the open source community access to the review, testing and development of the SUSE Linux distribution.





Community participation begins this week, with the first beta release of SUSE Linux 10.0. As a result, developers around the world will be able to contribute to future versions.





"It is clear that Linux is growing in use both as a desktop and as a server operating environment," said Dan Kusnetzky, IDC vice president for system software research. "Two impediments the Linux community has been working to overcome are the availability of key applications and increasing levels of Linux expertise in organizations of all sizes. Novell hopes that its new openSUSE project will make the process of obtaining a working Linux environment easy for both end users and developers. The openSUSE project appears to be targeted at removing both of these impediments to Linux adoption."





The openSUSE project will offer access to frequent developer builds of the SUSE Linux distribution, beginning today, with the first beta release of SUSE Linux 10.0. The beta release will offer the latest state-of-the-art features, including new desktop environments and desktop productivity applications, Linux application security based on Novell AppArmor, improved desktop search, the latest Xen virtualization technology, updated Mono and Eclipse development packages, and enhanced multimedia capabilities.





When completed later this fall, SUSE Linux 10.0 will be made available for free download. Novell will continue to deliver a packaged edition of SUSE Linux 10.0 for enthusiasts and first time Linux users in retail stores and online shops, with installable media, additional software and plug-ins, comprehensive documentation and installation support.





"In 2003, we moved our company to Linux. Now we want to move the world to Linux," said David Patrick, vice president and general manager, Linux, Open Source Platforms and Services at Novell. "With openSUSE, our goals are to make it easy for anyone to get access to SUSE Linux and to provide a place where developers can advance the state of the art of Linux. The project provides an environment where new ideas are welcomed, incubated and implemented rapidly."












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