Cleverly Reimagined Slax Distro Pushes Portable Linux's Limits | Linux Today

Cleverly Reimagined Slax Distro Pushes Portable Linux’s Limits

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JMG
Jack M. Germain
Nov 24, 2019

Slax Linux is a handy portable operating system that can be a useful alternative to bulky, more complicated Linux options that install to a hard drive.

However, if you are looking for a quick and simple starting point for using the Linux OS, Slax is far from a complete out-of-the-box solution. That is not a bad thing, though. Slax works.

JMG

Jack M. Germain

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