“I watched with my usual fascination as the news cycle built to
a shrill crescendo last week when both Novell and Red Hat each made
a point of announcing that they were not planning to put a lot of
effort into developing a desktop for the consumer model.“One media outlet after another propagated the story theme: ‘Red
Hat drops plans for consumer desktop development’ Of course by the
second or third wave this story, like the game of Telephone, has
morphed into: ‘Red Hat Abandons Desktop! Aieee!’ Which industry
pundits immediately jumped on and used as ‘proof’ for their
long-waning arguments: ‘See? Even Red Hat sez that Linux on the
desktop is no work-y. Told ya so…!’
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.
LinuxToday is a trusted, contributor-driven news resource supporting all types of Linux users. Our thriving international community engages with us through social media and frequent content contributions aimed at solving problems ranging from personal computing to enterprise-level IT operations. LinuxToday serves as a home for a community that struggles to find comparable information elsewhere on the web.
Property of TechnologyAdvice. © 2025 TechnologyAdvice. All Rights Reserved
Advertiser Disclosure: Some of the products that appear on this site are from companies from which TechnologyAdvice receives compensation. This compensation may impact how and where products appear on this site including, for example, the order in which they appear. TechnologyAdvice does not include all companies or all types of products available in the marketplace.