Linux desktop applications are moving into more government desktop computers Vendor Product name Type Key features Linux distributions supported* Other OS supported Price IBM Corp. DB/2 Universal Database Connectivity and data warehouse tools, Caldera OpenLinux 2.4; Debian; AIX, AS/400, HP-UX, NUMA-Q, $351 Armonk, N.Y. Database Personal SQLJ, Web support, wizards Mandrake 7.2; RedHat 6.2, 7.1; OS/2, OS/390, Solaris, Windows 800-426-4968 Edition 7.2 SuSE 6.2, 6.3, 7.0; TurboLinux 6.0 www.ibm.com MandrakeSoft Inc. Mandrake Linux 8.2 Linux distribution with Browser, graphics, office suite, open-source Mandrake Linux 8.2 None $149 Altadena, Calif. PowerPack Edition bundled third-party development tools, personal finance 626-296-6290 applications www.mandrakesoft.com The MathWorks Inc. Matlab 6.1 Scientific and engineering Data acquisition and analysis, modeling, 2.2.x and 2.4.x kernels AIX 4.3.3; HP-UX 10.20-11.0; IRIX $1,900 Natick, Mass. computation simulation, visualization and IRIX 64 6.5.8-6.5.12; Solaris 508-647-7000 2.6, 2.7, 2.8; Tru64 4.0f, 5.0, 5.1 www.mathworks.com The Mozilla Organization Mozilla 1.0 Release Web browser Browser, chat, e-mail, newsgroups, Web Debian 2.1, Red Hat 6.x, SuSE 6.2 Mac OS 8.5 and later, OpenVMS Free www.mozilla.org Candidate 1 page composer Alpha 7.2-1 or later, Solaris 8, Windows 95 and later Netscape Communications Corp. Netscape 6.2 Web browser Browser, e-mail, instant messaging, spell Red Hat 6.0, 6.1, 6.2, 7.0 with X11 Mac OS 8.6, 8.61, 9.x; OS X; Free Mountain View, Calif. check, Web page composer R6 Windows 95 and later 650-254-1900 www.netscape.com Opera Software ASA Opera 6.0 for Linux Web browser Browser only Debian, Mandrake 8, Red Hat 7.1, BeOS, Mac OS, OS/2, QNX, Solaris, $39 Oslo, Norway SuSE 7.x Symbian, Windows +47 24 16 40 00 www.opera.com Lycoris (formerly Lycoris Desktop/LX Linux distribution with Browser, CD burner, graphics, multimedia Desktop/LX None $29.95; $39.95 with Redmond Linux) bundled third-party readers, office suite developer tools Redmond, Wash. applications 805-587-9555 www.lycoris.com Red Hat Inc. Red Hat Database Database SQL 92, ODBC and JDBC APIs, locking, Red Hat 7.1 None $2,295 Raleigh, N.C. transactions 888-733-4281 www.redhat.com Red Hat Linux 7.2 Linux distribution with E-mail transport agent, StarOffice 5.2, utilities Red Hat 7.2 None $199 bundled third-party applications Sun Microsystems Inc. StarOffice 6.0 Office suite Graphics, presentation, spreadsheet, word Linux kernel 2.0x and later Solaris 2.6, 7, 8; Windows $76 Santa Clara, Calif. processor 95 and later 800-555-9786 www.sun.com ThinkFree Corp. ThinkFree Office 2.0 Office suite Cyberdrive online storage, file manager, Red Hat 6.0, 6.2, 7.1, 7.2 Mac OS X (10.1); Solaris 2.6, 7, 8; $49 per user/year Cupertino, Calif. presentation, spreadsheet, word processor client-based Windows version 408-861-9494 www.thinkfree.com VistaSource Inc. Anyware Office 2.2 Office suite E-mail, graphics, presentation, spreadsheet, Caldera 2.3, 2.4; Corel 1.x; Debian None $99 Westboro, Mass. (formerly Applixware word processor 2.1; Mandrake 7.x; Red Hat 5.x, 6.x, 800-827-8379 Office 5.0) 7.x; Slackware 7.x; SuSE 5.3, 6.x, 7.x www.vistasource.com Ximian Inc. Ximian Desktop Desktop software with E-mail client, personal information manager, Debian GNU/Linux 2.2; Mandrake Solaris 8 Free ($49 on CD); Boston Professional e-mail, personal application bundle includes Web browser 8.0, 8.1; Red Hat 6.2, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2; Standard Edition 617-375-3800 Edition 1.1 information manager and SuSE 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 (minus StarOffice) www.ximian.com third-party office apps $29.95 Note: Only the latest versions of applications are shown; some vendors also sell older versions for Linux. * For Intel x86 systems.