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Linux Journal: More on Libranet 2.7

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 7, 2002

“After reading the product review of Libranet on this web site,
I decided to give it a try. $100 and two weeks later I feel I have
something more to say…

“We already did a product review, so that isn’t my focus.
Rather, I want to talk about the future of Linux on the desktop and
how Libranet fits in.

“I have been living in Costa Rica since January of this year.
Besides a cultural change, there is a difference in which Linux
distributions are popular. In the US, I saw more Red Hat and SuSE
boxes than anything else. SSC, the parent company of Linux Journal,
runs on Debian and seemed to be the exception. When I got here I
saw servers running Debian, Slackware and Mandrake. Desktops were
primarily Mandrake…”

Complete
Story

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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