DesktopOS: Libranet 2.8.1 [Review] | Linux Today

DesktopOS: Libranet 2.8.1 [Review]

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 8, 2004

“Libranet is Jon & Tal. Both have been developing Unix
solutions since 1988. Based in Vancouver, Canada, Libranet has been
around for several years already. Both Jon & Tal are easily
approachable and friendly–something that a lot of distributions
lack. Libranet is also fun. Using a computer should be fun, not a
chore. Libranet is based on a mixture of ‘sarge’ (testing) and
‘woody’ (stable) Debian packages.

“Now, onto Libranet…

“Libranet 2.8.1 has been around for a reasonable while now but
still manages to be a well thought out, easy to install and use
Linux based distribution. Some of the packages in the base install
are getting old now, but are still very usable…”

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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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