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Linux not ready for the desktop? Give me a break! (NewsForge)

Linux not ready for the desktop? Give me a break! (NewsForge)

Posted Apr 17, 2003 14:17 UTC (Thu) by ceebee (guest, #10207)
In reply to: Linux not ready for the desktop? Give me a break! (NewsForge) by melauer
Parent article: Linux not ready for the desktop? Give me a break! (NewsForge)

you mean, like debian? or lycoris? or like ark? or like xandros? or like....


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Linux not ready for the desktop? Give me a break! (NewsForge)

Posted Apr 18, 2003 18:10 UTC (Fri) by melauer (guest, #2438) [Link]

> you mean, like debian? or lycoris? or like ark? or like xandros? or like....

Not like Debian, that's for sure. Debian is massive.

As for those other distros, sure, I think they have the right idea. but they're niche players right now. I'd like to see the big boys (RedHat, Mandrake, SUSE) some up with a minimal install, or even a minimal distro.

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