| Turbolinux rolls out new Linux distro with StarOffice |
May 17, 2002
San Francisco, CA -- (press release excerpt) -- Turbolinux Inc. announced the availability of Turbolinux (TL) 8 Workstation.
In Japan, Turbolinux 8 Workstation will be the first Linux Operating System to be bundled with StarSuite 6.0 (branded StarOffice in the U.S.), Sun's affordable alternative to proprietary office productivity suites. StarSuite provides tight compatibility with MS Office documents, has a simple, easy-to-use interface, and contains full-featured applications including word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, and graphics capabilities.
TL 8 Workstation includes e-mail, Konquerer - KDE's combination Web browser/file manager/file preview application, and Hot-pluggable USB options for keyboard, mouse, CD-ROM, Floppy drive, speakers, and Ethernet. The distribution also supports the latest video cards including nVIDIA GeForce4, ATI Radeon 7500/8500, and Matrox G550. In addition, TL 8.0 Workstation is broadband-ready, able to connect to ADSL and cable high-speed networks and has extended support for various digital media including MP3.
The product also comes bundled with several add-ons, including a trial version of the Intel C++ and Fortran Compilers version 6.0. Through an agreement with Intel, Turbolinux users will receive a discount off the purchase price of the full compilers through August 2002.
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