“There has been a lot of debate over the last few days in the
media and on message boards about what is happening regarding GNOME
vs. KDE at Novell. Here’s the situation. All future
enterprise-class Linux product releases, including Novell Linux
Desktop, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and Novell Open Enterprise
Server, will continue to ship with both the GNOME and KDE desktop
environments. In upcoming versions of Novell enterprise
applications, the default desktop environment will be GNOME. When
customers install Novell Linux products, they will be given the
option to choose either the GNOME or KDE environment during the
installation process. If the user makes no explicit choice, GNOME
will be installed…”
eWeek: Novell Does a 180 on KDE Support
“Novell upset many of its supporters when it revealed last week
that it would no longer be fully supporting KDE on its enterprise
Linux family. Now, after consideration, Novell has decided it will
continue to support both GNOME and KDE on its enterprise Linux
lines.“In a note on the Novell PR blog, Novell Inc. quietly announced
on Friday that, ‘All future enterprise-class Linux product
releases, including Novell Linux Desktop, SUSE Linux Enterprise
Server and Novell Open Enterprise Server, will continue to ship
with both the GNOME and KDE desktop environments…'”