Munich’s KDE Desktops Usability Certified

falonaj writes “Munich’s KDE distribution LiMux has been certified to meet the international usability standard ISO 9241. The use of KDE 3 as an ‘effective, efficient and satisfactory’ working environment is named as a decisive factor for passing the certification. This is the first time that a Free Software desktop has been officially attested for usability by the German certification association TÜV. After an extensive two-year process of iterative testing, TÜV IT confirms that ‘Open Source has reached a very high level of professionalism’ and concludes that KDE’s Open Source nature made it very easy for Munich to ensure that the software is especially efficient and user friendly for their office workers.”