[ILUG] Distros "merging"

[Nick Murtagh]

On Friday 31 May 2002 20:40, Mark Finlay wrote:
> http://www.unitedlinux.com/en/release_plans/index.html makes no mention
> of gnome and SuSE is very kde centered. Dont know about the other
> partners. I'm really hoping that gnome2 is well integrated.

Take a look at this:

  http://www.unitedlinux.com/en/whitepapers/misc/whitepaper_ul.pdf

Both gnome2 and kde 3 will be included. 

> What i'm really curious about is whether or not the desktop distros will
> also be based on the unitedlinux core. I don't see the point of
> standards if the desktop linux market is still as fragmented as unix was
> in days of yorn

This is a "business" distro, aimed at servers. This is dealt with on the
FAQ page. The distinction between desktop and server is pretty arbitrary
though. I don't think anyone's going to stop you using it as such.