SUSE 10 Named Best Linux Desktop

January 9th, 2007: With a shiny new interoperability deal with Microsoft in the bag and more copies of SUSE on desktops than ever before, Novell has been making all sorts of interesting headlines over the last few months. Now it has picked up the ‘Best Linux Desktop’ award for SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10.

Novell has been awarded the 2007 InfoWorld Technology of the Year Award as, according to InfoWorld, “Novell’s revamped desktop Linux distribution combines professional fit and finish with unique usability features not available from other vendors. ... A class act, [SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop] 10 gives business users new reason to consider Linux for enterprise desktops.”

This isn’t the only award SUSE 10 has picked up lately either, it was also named “Best of Show” and “Best Desktop Solution” at August’s LinuxWorld in San Francisco, while Novell’s Nat Friedman received the first-ever VARBusiness “Technologist of the Year” award in October for his role in developing the innovative Linux desktop.

“The ongoing praise for SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop from reviewers, customers and other industry watchers is testament to Novell’s commitment to listening to customers and solving their problems,” said Carlos Montero-Luque, Novell vice president of product management for Open Platform Solutions. “It also means we’ve successfully created the Linux desktop that seamlessly combines substance and style, with the cost and reliability benefits that enterprises need and the innovation users demand.”

Since its release in July 2006, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 has notched up nearly half a million times according to Novell.

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