PC World has the blow by blow.

Who will stand as the desktop Linux champion?

Get it at gNewSense.org Sadly, it’s still only good for ideological reasons. If it’s evidence of anything, it’s how much effort is needed to create a solid and truly free os.

RMS is surely proud, all the same.

ChannelWeb gives high marks to Ulteo Virtual Desktop. For a beta product, it does Linux on Windows incredibly well.

As we mentioned earlier, it’s a huge 500mb download requiring a massive 5gb disk space. The install is unimaginably slow. Still, despite its shortcomings, this product does the job.

There are still parts of the world where a 386 is cool. For the Linux user, that means lighter and faster distros are king. While it’s doubtful that Belgium counts, this fellow has written a wonderful review of several small Linux distros.

In case you missed the news Both Redhat and Suse released updates to their enterprise Linux offerings. RHEL 5.2 and Suse Linux Enterprise 10 Service Pack 2 are available.

RHEL 5.2 delivers support for 64 processors, 512GB of ram, NUMA, and reduced power consumption features. RHEL 5.2 is also certified for IBM cell blade systems.

Suse Linux Enterprise 10 SP2 is less impressive, providing IPv6 support and “better interoperability” with Microsoft Windows and Office using local NTFS.

In a Guardian Interview published today Mark Shuttleworth mentions that “Netbook Remix” — an ultraportable optimized Ubuntu release — will be announced in the first week of June.

Ubuntu has certainly impressed Larry Borsato at IDG who gives a glowing review.

Mr. Borasto claims that the unnamed version of Ubuntu is consumer ready and a viable competitor to Microsoft Windows. He even claims that it’s even easier to get up and running.

Has Ubuntu done it? Have they achieved their goal of a consumer-friendly Linux distribution?

Yes, it’s fast. Splashtop calls it an “Instant-On Desktop”. Running Linux from a ROM (on select Asus motherboards) the system is up and running from a cold-boot in seconds, not minutes. With the web, email, and Skype built-in, there isn’t much else the average home user needs.

desktoplinux.com has the story on this incredible product

Yesterday, Ulteo released it’s new virtual desktop product that let’s you run your Linux applications on a Windows XP or Vista computer. It is available for download at http://www.ulteo.com/home/en/virtualdesktop.

This isn’t your typical virtualization. Ulteo uses the coLinux kernel patch to give incredible performance, though it’s still not as fast as a native installation. The beefy system requirements should clue you in: a recommended dual core processor with 1gb of memory. You’ll also need a hefty 4gb of free space for the install.

On the plus side, all of your favorite applications are supported, including Firefox with Flash and Java, OpenOffice, Skype, inkscape, and the GIMP. To make things even better, you also have access to your “My Documents” folder.