NewsFactor: The Suite Strategy of Konquering the Desktop | Linux Today

NewsFactor: The Suite Strategy of Konquering the Desktop

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 24, 2003

“Those who have not tracked the progress of the Linux desktop
lately may be surprised to find it is much more feature-rich than
it was six months or a year ago.

“Each milestone release of the KDE and GNOME desktop
environments brings more functionality and more applications to the
table. Both desktops have ‘revved’ recently, with a wide range of
improvements and new applications.

“Will this be enough to lure desktop users to Linux? The answer
is probably ‘yes,’ but in stages. Home users may not flock to Linux
right away, but corporations are starting to see advantages to
installing the open source OS on desktop PCs…”

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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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