Red Hat delays desktop product

Red Hat is pushing back the release of its Linux-based desktop operating system targeted at developing nations.

When the Linux vendor first unveiled the project last May, it said that a first version was due out by June. The software now won't be released until September, a spokesperson for the company confirmed to.

Red Hat has teamed up with Intel to allow local PC manufacturers in emerging markets to bundle the new software with their systems. The software also will be available on Intel's Classmate PC, a low cost desktop for students in developing nations.

Red Hat blamed the delay on issues with multimedia support, which has traditionally been one of the weak spots of Linux on the desktop.

"We have been looking at how we can provide legal versions of the most popular multimedia codecs needed to listen and view the majority of the content on the internet," Red Hat said on a company blog.

"We are wrapping up those negotiations and hope to deliver those codecs with Global Desktop when we launch in September."

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