Ximian Upgrades Desktop Linux Software
News Linux software maker Ximian on Monday announced a new version of its main software package for desktop PCs. Ximian Desktop 2 includes a customised version of the OpenOffice productivity suite and new features intended to let Ximian-based PCs easily...
[June 3, 2003, 9:57]
Ximian Software Gets SuSE Support
News Novell has updated Ximian Desktop 2, its end-user software for Unix-based systems, adding more applications and tweaking the product for use with Novell's recently acquired SuSE Linux operating system.
[January 7, 2004, 11:45]
KDE Brings Safari Improvements To Linux
News Novell recently updated Ximian Desktop 2, adding compatibility with SuSE Linux, and is planning closer integration of the two. KDE-alternative Gnome received a boost last year with Novell's acquisition of Ximian, which makes a Gnome-based user...
[February 5, 2004, 10:35]
GNOME 2.10 Reaches Beta
News Novell took on this project when it acquired Ximian in August 2003. The next stable version of Linux desktop environment GNOME, which was released in beta last week, includes an improvement to the Evolution mail client.
[February 8, 2005, 16:30]
Linux Is Dead, Long Live Linux
News Eazel may be gone, but several initiatives are continuing to develop a simpler Linux interface, such as Ximian and the Gnome and KDE foundations. Dell Computer and other industry giants may be pessimistic about Linux's chances on the desktop, but...
[May 25, 2001, 17:03]
GNOME: We Have Feature Parity With Windows
News Included in the new release will be the Evolution 2 groupware suite developed by Novell’s Ximian, with enhanced calendar features and a new easier-to-use interface. An upgraded GNOME desktop environment for Linux and Unix is due for release this...
[September 15, 2004, 10:40]
Lotus Founder Preps Open Source Outlook Alternative
News OSAF is among several other groups that develop open-source desktop applications as alternatives to Microsoft Office and Outlook, including KDE and Ximian. Can a fledgling nonprofit organisation with half a dozen employees challenge the largest...
[October 23, 2002, 8:02]
Novell's Strategy Laid Bare
News We got a little bit of DNA from Ximian and SuSE that has permeated our entire company. We solved that by putting them both in the Novell desktop and letting the customers decide. It's been a fast-paced 13 months for Jack Messman.
[February 17, 2005, 12:50]
Sun Offers Gnome Test Drive For Solaris Users
News Sun is making significant contributions to the Gnome (GNU Network Object Model Environment) project and is collaborating with other key industry players, including Red Hat, Ximian and Hewlett-Packard, to ensure it becomes the leading desktop for...
[May 23, 2001, 17:23]
Novell Buys SuSE Linux
News The move is the second Linux acquisition for the company, which bought desktop Linux software specialist Ximian in August. Though Ximian gave Novell software for using Linux on desktop computers, SuSE is strongest with software for Linux on servers...
[November 4, 2003, 12:45]
Linux Lab Draws More Big Names
News Linux seller SuSE and desktop Linux specialist Ximian. The software maker will also contribute to anticipated efforts to promote the use of desktop Linux. Novell and Network Appliance have joined the Open Source Development Labs, one of the main...
[December 11, 2003, 11:10]
SuSE Chief Takes Over Novell Europe
News About 15 employees from Novell's Ximian group, which focuses on desktop Linux, will move to the SuSE group, with the remainder staying in Novell's Resource Management Services Group. Richard Seibt, the former chief executive of SuSE Linux, has...
[February 2, 2004, 12:00]
SCO Opens New Legal Front Against Novell
News The lawsuit comes on the eve of the LinuxWorld trade show in New York, where Novell is set to play a prominent role following its acquisitions of SuSE and desktop Linux specialist Ximian. Linux adversary the SCO Group sued rival software maker...
[January 21, 2004, 9:10]
The Year Ahead: Linux Continues To Push For The Desktop
News In the past year or so, some progress has been made towards providing Linux equivalents to common Windows applications: Ximian's Evolution mimics Outlook's look and feel, and is compatible with Exchange servers, for example, and Sun Microsystems...
[December 31, 2002, 6:05]
