Linux.com: Desktop Deathmatch Part 1 | Linux Today

Linux.com: Desktop Deathmatch Part 1

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 10, 2000

Welcome sportsfans! Well, you asked for it and here it is!
Part one of desktop deathmatch! In today’s fight, it’s local
favorite Gnome versus the big city bully … Windows!

“In this series we will be comparing a number of popular Linux
desktop environments with their more er…’mainstream’
counterparts. We will be comparing them in a number of areas, such
as: installation, updating, speed, file management, customizability
and the important one, screen saving.”

“Of course, the first thing that you have to do to compare
software is to compare the installation processes.”

“Our windows machine will start off with a version of windows 95
and we will analyze the upgrade process to windows 2000. Our Linux
box will have Red Hat 5.2 and we will upgrade it to the Helix Code
Desktop.”

Complete
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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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