Red Hat has announced the availability of a new client product, Red Hat Global Desktop, which claims to deliver a modern-user experience with an enterprise-class suite of productivity applications. In addition, the company showcased several examples of its strategy of building forward-looking solutions that change the traditional notion of desktop computing for specific audiences.

Red Hat collaborated with Intel to enable the design, support and distribution of Global Desktop.

"To address the demand for Linux on desktop systems by our customers in emerging markets, Intel and Red Hat worked together to deliver a pre-certified, cost-effective solution for Intel’s reseller channel to extend their business value," said Steve Dallman, general manager, Intel Worldwide Reseller Channel Organisation.

Red Hat and Intel are taking advantage of Global Desktop’s high performance and minimal hardware requirements to support a wide range of Intel’s current and future desktop platforms.

"Running Red Hat Global Desktop on Intel processor-powered PCs provides full access to applications and rich experiences to users across local markets, education, small businesses and government agencies."