A test version of UserLinux, a product intended to give corporate customers the utility of Red Hat Linux but not its price tag, is set for release at the start of September.
“Beta 1 will be released on Sept. 1,” said UserLinux founder and open-source advocate Bruce Perens in a talk at the LinuxWorld Conference and Expo. “UserLinux is enterprise Linux without the big price tag.”
UserLinux has made some progress on its support plan, rounding up a “small stable” of partners to join a planned group of certified companies. But progress in another key area—getting software partners to certify their products to work with the no-cost UserLinux—isn't satisfactory yet, Perens said.