1. Linux and other open desktop alternatives Sept 2003 Contact author: Tushar Chandra (tushar@us.ibm.com) IBM Research Division

2.  What is the Linux-based open desktop software stack?  Is it credible?  Demo of a working Linux desktop stack for IBM  Some other alternatives to think about Agenda

3. What is it?

4. Outlook Device drivers Third party apps Third party utils Custom apps MS Word MS Excel MS Power point Other Office Tools MSN messenger MS desktop software stack Windows Web Browser Outlook express Media player Win 32.DOC.XLS.PPTWebmedia POP LDAP vCard N/A

5. Device drivers Third party apps Third party utils Custom apps Other Office Tools Equivalent Linux desktop software stack Linux Alt. Media player Wine mediaN/A Wine Suite Office Open.DOC.XLS.PPT Mozilla Web Alternative email & calendar Various POP LDAP vCard N/A Linux native

6. Is it credible?

7. Open Desktop Status and Roadmap  Current status (by major component) ƒOS status: stable & secure ƒDesktop managers: mature enough for general use ƒBasic system admin: still too complicated ƒDevice support is not perfect but improving ƒWINE: supports several Win32 applications ƒBrowser: supports vast majority of web pages ƒEmail: works well ƒOpenOffice: credible alternative for basic office use (> 9M Downloads) ƒOther applications are being ported to Linux  Each component has some problems … ƒ… community is working to fix these problems  IBM’s Linux Client for e-business (Linux C4eb) ƒCurrently targeted at technical community, 14,000+ downloads ƒNotes 5, MS Office, SameTime, Mozilla, MTS, Acrobat, Cisco wireless, SmartSuite Viewers, Java, PSM (for printing), AFS, TSM (backup)

8.  Gnome: 2.0 (June 2002), 2.2 (Feb 2003), 2.4 (Sept 2003)  OpenOffice: 1.0 (May 2002), 1.0.1 (July 2002), 1.0.2 (Jan 2003), 1.0.3 (Apr 2003), 1.1 beta 2 (May 2003), 1.1 (Sept 2003)  Mozilla: 1.3 (Jan 2003), 1.4 (May 2003), 1.5 (Sept 2003) Rate of evolution

9. Some parts of the Linux Desktop Ecology Core Platform Core OS OpenOffice Distribution Applications 140 30% enterprise apps 5 XimianRedHatSuse SunApple ISVs LindowsDebian 75 Code W Win4Lin Windows apps VMsWine Desktops Gnome KDE China 200-500 Mozilla 75 IBM 20 IBM ? 40 Identified 350 (Full Time PY) developers across 3 projects (very conservative) Add 180 developers from Qihang-1

10. Demo

11. Other alternatives to consider  Windows + OpenOffice.org ƒValue: avoids MS Office licence  Move applications to browser-based model ƒValue: Manageability, increased platform independence, lower TCO ƒReduces reliance on Win32 APIs