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DesktopOS: A Month Later with Ubuntu Linux–Warty Release

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 21, 2004

“Ubuntu Linux is a very recent project out of Africa with
participation from many community volunteers and is sponsored by
Canonical LTD. It is based on Debian and offers Linux kernel 2.6
and Gnome 2.8…

“I came across it around mid September and after reading up on
it, decided to install their September 15 pre-release on my IBM
Thinkpad T22. As a follow up to my first review covering the Warty
pre-release of Ubuntu Linux… I want to cover some good and bad
things I have come across in my day to day use of Ubuntu…”

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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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