Chapter 1 Start Here

Novell Linux Desktop (version 9) is a desktop computing environment that provides a customizable graphical interface and all the productivity software, such as email, word processing, and a secure web browser, that you need (and expect) to get your job done. Although, Novell Linux Desktop (NLD) may be considered the new kid on the block in terms of a desktop operating system, it is a Linux distribution, meaning that it is both a powerful and secure operating system.

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The NLD is actually built on the SUSE Linux distribution developed by Novell. We discuss SUSE Linux and Linux distributions later in this chapter in the section “Linux and Linux Distributions.”

But before I get toofar ahead of myself in terms of describing ...

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