Consulting Times: Reviewing the Novell Linux Desktop | Linux Today

Consulting Times: Reviewing the Novell Linux Desktop

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 17, 2004

[ Thanks to Tom
Adelstein
for this link. ]

“While installing the Novell desktop, I felt a rush of
excitement. The screen displays reminded me of many SuSE Linux
installations, but the Novell logo took me back to a fonder time
when I started work on becoming a Certified Novell Engineer.
Opening my first Novell training manuals back in 1993 provided a
lot of excitement too.

“After getting over the first waves of enthusiasm, I remembered
that this exercise provided an opportunity to evaluate the Novell
Linux Desktop (NLD). I began taking notes and discovered a
familiarity with the process. Soon, I faced choices on how I would
install NLD. Novell gave me a choice of KDE or Gnome. If I didn’t
know which one to choose, the screen said to ask my administrator.
Now, I realized this was an enterprise desktop not one for end
users…”

Complete
Story

Web Webster

Web Webster

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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