Red Hat confirmed on Aug. 3 that it would be delaying the release of the newest member of its desktop Linux family, Red Hat Global Desktop, because the company is seeking to provide certain multimedia codecs. Sources close to Red Hat said obtaining some of these codecs was dependent on Red Hat coming to an agreement with Microsoft.
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There's also a thin client initiative associated with Global Desktop. With many-core systems becoming cost-effective and virtualization technologies rapidly improving, it becomes possible to deploy thin clients without severe limitations or prohibitive costs.
Today, IBM and HP are suggesting that splitting a fat client into a thin client plus a "blade PC" will save money and power, but it really doesn't. You get enhanced manageability and security, but it comes at a price. By virtualizing the blade PCs on a many-core system, you can increase utilization to the point where it becomes cost-effective.
It should come as no surprise that Red Hat and Ubuntu are leading the way in corporate and institutional terminal services for the Linux platform. When the hardware enablement solidifies in 2009, a turnkey thin client architecture will be a killer way to posture against Windows 7.
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2006-12-28
Personally, I'm glad Red Hat has decided not to create a WinClone(TM)and gone with the idea of creating a Desktop OS that they feel gives more value for money than what Redmond has to offer.
Pretty cool IMO. Also, the idea that pre-installing this distro, with the help of Intel, on white box setups is another fantastic idea.