Granular Distro Preview is Worth a Look | Linux Today

Granular Distro Preview is Worth a Look

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 8, 2008

“Granular Linux is a desktop-oriented distribution based on
PCLinuxOS. Its primary goals are to be easy to use and
user-friendly. With the new preview release of version 1.0,
Granular has come a long way toward achieving these goals, and
becoming a unique distribution with its own benefits and
problems.

“Upon booting the Granular live CD ISO with the default settings
my test PC, which uses an old ATI Rage 128 video card, the system
froze at the loading screen. A quick reboot and selection of safe
VESA settings solved this problem with no fuss…”

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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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