NewsForge: Userful GNU/Linux Multi-Station Software Suits General Desktop Users | Linux Today

NewsForge: Userful GNU/Linux Multi-Station Software Suits General Desktop Users

Written By
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Bruce Byfield
Oct 14, 2005

[ Thanks to Jason
Greenwood
for this link. ]

“While others debate whether GNU/Linux is ready for the desktop,
Userful is quietly proving that it is–and making a profit while
doing so.

“By combining a mixture of proprietary administrative tools with
a modified Red Hat distribution and a GNOME desktop, Userful has
updated the concept of timesharing by adapting it to a personal
computer. The result is DiscoverStation, a hardware and software
solution that connects as many as 10 terminals to a single
computer…”

Complete
Story

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