“This is what makes another new desktop system, released on
March 19th, so interesting. Nautilus is a snazzy graphical desktop
environment for Linux, the free operating system developed by
programmers collaborating over the Internet. Eazel, the Silicon
Valley firm behind the software, hopes to make Linux easier to use
than the Mac OS or Windows, and thus to boost Linux’s share of the
desktop market above its current 1%. Eazel is giving away Nautilus,
but hopes to make money by charging users for services such as
online storage, regular backups and-cleverest of all-automated
software upgrades.”
“The idea is that when an update to a particular piece of
software becomes available, Nautilus allows the user to download
and install it with a single click. Security and bug fixes are thus
installed quickly, and each upgrade is small and painless. This is
a radically different approach to most software updates, which
aggregate lots of fixes into infrequent, large and painful
upgrades.”
Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.
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