Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Desktop is an attractive and highly productive alternative for client systems like desktop and laptop computers. An environment that sets the standard for client operating systems in the focused areas of security and management.

Red Hat lowers acquisition and ongoing annual deployment costs, leaving:

• more money for new hardware and software projects to provide new services
• more redeployable personnel to work on high value-added tasks that deliver a competitive advantage to the company

• Security
  Linux has a reputation for being a very secure operating system. Red Hat has extended Linux's security advantage by developing a layered defense scheme for keeping desktops secure.
• Management
  Red Hat provides a simple, rapidly-deployable tool that allows a systems administrator to manage a complex, geographically dispersed desktop deployment from a single web-based console.
• Interoperability
  Not only are the applications bundled with a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop interoperable with Microsoft® formats, but Red Hat also includes other technologies to allow a Red Hat desktop to plug-and-play in a Microsoft-centric environment.
• Applications
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Desktop includes the most popular desktop applications for no additional charge. Fully-featured and with intuitive interfaces, these applications make your users productive with little need for retraining.
• User experience
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Desktop was designed to create a user experience where everything "just works". This involves major improvements to everything, from OpenOffice and Firefox to networking, laptop support, peripheral support, graphics, and multimedia. All of this ensures that your users are more productive with minimal need for retraining.