Linux is ready for the corporate desktop, and the forthcoming version of Novell Inc.’s Linux Desktop offering will go head-to-head against Windows, Novell executives said this week at the company’s annual BrainShare gathering in Salt Lake City.

Novell is currently developing Linux Desktop 10, which will lift the application suite from its current role targeting specific workgroups to mainstream enterprise deployment, according to Nat Friedman, vice president of desktop and collaboration engineering at Novell.

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