Ximian Ships Ximian Desktop Productivity Software Packages for Linux and UNIX Systems.Business/Technology Editors SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 27, 2001 LinuxWorld Expo (Booth 1247)-- Off-the-Shelf Packages Enhance Usability, Productivity and Interoperability for Linux Desktop Users in Corporate Environments Ximian, Inc., the leading open source desktop company, today announced the availability of Ximian(TM) Desktop, a complete desktop productivity solution for Linux and UNIX systems. Ximian Desktop Ximian Desktop was a GNOME-based desktop environment from Ximian. It was made to be suitable for desktop and office-productivity environment, and it enabled businesses to use Linux and open source software for daily work. includes Ximian GNOME gnome (nōm), in folklore, tiny subterranean creature associated with mines and quarries. Usually represented as misshapen, frequently as hunchbacked, gnomes are said to be guardians of hidden treasures. , the intuitive graphical user interface graphical user interface (GUI) Computer display format that allows the user to select commands, call up files, start programs, and do other routine tasks by using a mouse to point to pictorial symbols (icons) or lists of menu choices on the screen as opposed to having to for a broad range of popular Linux distributions  The external links in this article or section may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia's content policies. , and a full suite of Ximian and third-party applications to enhance productivity, speed communication and simplify software management. Available for purchase from Ximian at www.ximian.com, the software is offered in two versions, Ximian Desktop Standard Edition and Ximian Desktop Professional Edition. Ximian Desktop delivers a robust suite of applications including word processing word processing, use of a computer program or a dedicated hardware and software package to write, edit, format, and print a document. Text is most commonly entered using a keyboard similar to a typewriter's, although handwritten input (see pen-based computer) and , web browsing, email and personal information management, complete with documentation, web-based technical support and source code in the handy CD disc set. Ximian Desktop Standard Edition combines Ximian GNOME; Ximian Red Carpet(TM), a software management and updating application; and a preview version of Ximian Evolution(TM), the groupware suite for personal information management. The software also incorporates a host of leading third-party open source productivity applications, including the Mozilla web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. , the AbiWord word processor, the Gnumeric spreadsheet and GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) An open source paint and image editing program for Unix, X Window and Mac OS X that originated as an undergraduate project by Peter Mattis and Spencer Kimball at the University of California, Berkeley. image editor. Ximian Desktop Standard Edition also provides 30 days of web-based technical support. The Ximian Desktop Professional Edition adds the Sun(R) StarOffice(TM) application suite in addition to providing 90 days of web-based end-user technical support. StarOffice provides users with powerful, Microsoft Office Microsoft's primary desktop applications for Windows and Mac. Depending on the package, it includes some combination of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access and Outlook along with various Internet and other utilities. file-compatible word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, business diagram and other applications. With StarOffice, users can create, open, modify, save and resend native Word, Excel and PowerPoint files. StarOffice integration with Ximian Desktop also includes one-click attachment handling in the Ximian Evolution email client See e-mail program. , which speeds the opening of Microsoft Office files sent as email enclosures to Linux users. "Ximian Desktop will drive adoption of the Linux desktop, especially in corporate environments," said Nat Friedman Nathaniel Dourif Friedman (born August 6 1977), known as Nat, is a programmer who co-founded Ximian along with Miguel de Icaza in 1999, a company that was later bought by Novell in 2003. , co-founder and vice president of product development at Ximian. "We have worked to carefully select, integrate and polish best-of-breed applications from hundreds of open source developers worldwide. The result is Ximian Desktop, which provides the usability, productivity applications, file compatibility, email management and painless software updating that customers need, whether in technology, telecommunications, government, higher education or other settings." "Ximian has become a leader in providing a complete, elegant user experience for UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). and Linux desktops," said Nancy Lee, StarOffice marketing manager at Sun Microsystems. "The addition of Sun StarOffice to the Professional Edition of Ximian Desktop creates a powerful application suite that users demand while providing the compatibility many companies require." Ximian Desktop supports a broad range of popular Linux distributions and UNIX variants to provide a common desktop environment across the platforms found in mixed corporate computing environments. With its expanded operating system support, Ximian Desktop is now available for Red Hat Linux Red Hat Linux, assembled by Red Hat, was a popular, "middle-aged" Linux distribution (not as old as Slackware but older than Ubuntu) upon its discontinuation in 2004.[1] Red Hat Linux 1.0 was released on November 3, 1994. 6.3, 7.0 and 7.1; Linux Mandrake mandrake, plant of the family Solanaceae (nightshade family), the source of a narcotic much used during the Middle Ages as a pain-killer and perhaps the subject of more superstition than any other plant. 7.0, 7.1, 7.2 and 8.0; SuSE 6.4, 7.0, 7.1 and 7.2; Debian GNU/Linux Stable 2.2 (Potato); TurboLinux 6.0; Solaris 7 and 8; Yellow Dog Linux Yellow Dog Linux (often abbreviated YDL) is a free software, open-source Linux distribution for Power Architecture hardware. It was first released in 1999 for the Apple Inc. Macintosh. 1.2 and 2.0; and Linux PPC See Pocket PC, PowerPC and pay-per-click. PPC - PowerPC 2000. Complete Desktop Productivity and Management The Ximian Desktop combines the core Ximian GNOME desktop environment with Ximian Evolution and Ximian Red Carpet to provide powerful collaboration and software management for Linux and UNIX users. -- Ximian GNOME delivers an elegant, complete desktop experience for Linux and UNIX users. Building on the work of the open source GNOME project, Ximian GNOME provides an intuitive graphical interface for first-time set-up, system and network configuration, drag and drop A graphical user interface (GUI) capability that lets you perform operations by moving the icon of an object with the mouse into another window or onto another icon. For example, files can be copied or moved by dragging them from one folder to another. file management, Internet browsing and more. -- Ximian Evolution is the premier personal and workgroup information management tool for Linux and UNIX-based systems. Currently available in a pre-release version, Evolution seamlessly combines powerful email, calendar, address book, and task list management in one powerful, fast and easy-to-use application. With its extensive support for communications and data interchange standards, including IMAP IMAP - Internet Message Access Protocol , POP3, vCard, iCalendar and LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) A protocol used to access a directory listing. LDAP support is implemented in Web browsers and e-mail programs, which can query an LDAP-compliant directory. , Ximian Evolution can be tightly integrated into corporate networks and messaging systems such as Microsoft Exchange and Lotus Notes/Domino. -- Ximian Red Carpet is a complete software management solution that keeps Linux and UNIX systems up-to-date automatically, efficiently and securely. Its convenient software channels and powerful dependency and conflict resolution technology let end-users easily install, maintain, update and remove software from developers worldwide, regardless of the leading Linux or UNIX system they use. Additional Internet subscription-based services announced today by Ximian will provide guaranteed high-bandwidth updating over the Internet for end-users (Red Carpet Express) and software version management and control for corporate workgroups (Red Carpet CorporateConnect) (see related press release: "Ximian Announces Red Carpet Services to Streamline Software Management and Version Control for Linux End-Users and Corporate Workgroups"). Pricing and Availability The Ximian Desktop Standard Edition, priced at $29.95, and the Ximian Desktop Professional Edition, priced at $49.95, are available for purchase direct from Ximian at www.ximian.com or by phone at 866-4XIMIAN (outside the United States, 423-244-0162). A free download version of the software is also available from the Ximian web site. About Ximian, Inc. Ximian is the established leader in providing open source desktop technology, applications, support and services for the Linux and UNIX marketplaces. Ximian products, in use by over 800,000 people worldwide, are providing the ease of use, productivity and interoperability needed to propel the adoption of the Linux desktop in corporate computing environments. Its Ximian Desktop software starts with Ximian GNOME, a productized end-user desktop based on the GNOME project, to provide a complete graphical desktop environment and productivity application suite for Linux and UNIX systems. Ximian Red Carpet and Ximian Evolution deliver software and personal information management solutions for both end-users and corporate customers. Comprised of many of the original architects of the GNOME system, Ximian is a founding member of the GNOME Foundation and sits on the advisory board. The company has secured funding from leading venture firms Charles River Ventures and Battery Ventures and can be reached at www.ximian.com. Ximian, Ximian Evolution and Red Carpet are trademarks of Ximian, Inc. Sun is a registered trademark and StarOffice is a trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc. used under license. The names of other companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners. |
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