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"There has been a lot of debate over the last few days in the media and on message boards about what is happening regarding GNOME vs. KDE at Novell. Here's the situation. All future enterprise-class Linux product releases, including Novell Linux Desktop, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and Novell Open Enterprise Server, will continue to ship with both the GNOME and KDE desktop environments. In upcoming versions of Novell enterprise applications, the default desktop environment will be GNOME. When customers install Novell Linux products, they will be given the option to choose either the GNOME or KDE environment during the installation process. If the user makes no explicit choice, GNOME will be installed..."

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eWeek: Novell Does a 180 on KDE Support

"Novell upset many of its supporters when it revealed last week that it would no longer be fully supporting KDE on its enterprise Linux family. Now, after consideration, Novell has decided it will continue to support both GNOME and KDE on its enterprise Linux lines.

"In a note on the Novell PR blog, Novell Inc. quietly announced on Friday that, 'All future enterprise-class Linux product releases, including Novell Linux Desktop, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and Novell Open Enterprise Server, will continue to ship with both the GNOME and KDE desktop environments...'"

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Index Mode   |   Flat Mode   |   Thread Mode   |   Thread Flat     Talkback(s) Name  and Date   usability    Daniel McCarthy Nov 11, 2005, 18:06:46     Re: usability    Mike R. Nov 11, 2005, 19:15:07     Come on complainers    David May Nov 11, 2005, 19:45:53     Re: Come on complainers    Doug Bostrom Nov 11, 2005, 20:22:25     re: complainers    Daniel McCarthy Nov 11, 2005, 20:43:28     Time will tell    Alastor Nov 11, 2005, 21:09:20     Re: usability    BD Nov 11, 2005, 21:28:06     *sigh*    Jon R. Buckle Nov 11, 2005, 21:56:18     Good.    Joe Almeida Nov 11, 2005, 22:37:13     linux software development platforms    joel Nov 11, 2005, 22:38:04     Re: Re: usability    anonac Nov 11, 2005, 23:15:33     Re: *sigh*    Robert Moore Nov 11, 2005, 23:27:44     Re: *sigh*    anonymous Nov 11, 2005, 23:58:16     Translation ...    GreyGeek Nov 12, 2005, 00:02:22     Re: *sigh*    Charles Hixson Nov 12, 2005, 05:10:48     This will continue...    Tim Hanson Nov 12, 2005, 07:25:54     Re: usability    Aaron Seigo Nov 12, 2005, 13:00:13     Linux People are a Rabid Bunch!    David D. Huff Jr. Nov 12, 2005, 16:37:30     Wait and see    Fred Mobach Nov 12, 2005, 17:22:15     Licensing extortion from Troll Tech    Fred Mobach Nov 12, 2005, 17:32:45     The API Shouldn't be GNOME vs. KDE    Matthew C. Tedder Nov 13, 2005, 09:04:37     Re: Re: Re: usability    John Bautista Nov 13, 2005, 21:41:17     Suse should continue KDE    Saptarshi Purkayastha Nov 30, 2005, 15:42:28     Home | Search Talkbacks | Customize View    Top of Page   Enter your comments below: * Your Name: * Your Email Address: * Subject: CC: [will also send this talkback to an E-Mail address] * Comments: Tags allowed:<I>,<B> and <U>. See our talkback-policy for more about talkback content. Fields marked with * are required!