“Sun’s Java Desktop System joins Novell’s Ximian XD2 as a
tailored GNOME desktop that’s aimed at cubicle workers in large
enterprise settings, such as government offices and big educational
institutions. In the future, Linux will be the desktop used by the
most, and the least, computer-literate folks on the planet.“Sun JDS and Novell Ximian XD2 are not touted as general-purpose
soup-to-nuts Linux distros. They are meant to be efficient and
usable productivity desktops that can be quickly mastered by the
non-technical workers who do the administrative heavy lifting in
government offices, large universities, and in some big corporation
settings…”
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