The new Red Hat global desktop is based on a stripped-down version of the existing Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 and contains applications like Firefox, OpenOffice and Evolution.

Red Hat has quashed speculation that it was planning a consumer desktop version of Linux to compete with Windows, saying it is focused on enterprise systems and would not be able to make such a ...

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Version 3 and, likewise, Red Hat Desktop Version 3 will have some of this security manageability messaging, but the first phase will really kick with the release of ...

But the Raleigh, N.C.-based company has tried. In 2004, Red Hat unveiled a desktop Linux product aimed at Microsoft. One competitor, Canonical, has more desktop Linux buzz.

Red Hat Desktop should have some appeal for "transaction-oriented" workers, like call center operators who are running server-based applications, and the fact that Red Hat is already accepted in ...

Red Hat's primary target has been Unix. But with its Red Hat Desktop product, the leading Linux seller is opening a new front in its war against Microsoft and its Windows stronghold. For more info: ...

Red Hat used to be in the desktop business along with all the other Linux distributors. Then, they left. As Jim Whitehurst, Red Hat’s CEO, explained Red Hat’s desktop approach to me last year ...

San Francisco-- Red Hat is the strongest Linux company in the world when it comes to servers, but it has almost no presence on the desktop. That will be changing in 2012 with the reintroduction of ...

Red Hat's principal desktop offering is Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop, which emphasizes security, robust remote management support, and multi-OS support through virtualization.

Red Hat Desktop will be targeted at corporate users, however, instead of the more technical engineering, software developer and computer-aided design users who have been using Red Hat’s WS software.

Red Hat chose London as the location to launch its new Linux software that is bundled with security and management features. The new product, Red Hat Desktop, is targeted at organizations that are ...