If you love Debian, But miss GNOME 2; Try latest Point Linux 3.0 [Distro Review] | Linux Today

If you love Debian, But miss GNOME 2; Try latest Point Linux 3.0 [Distro Review]

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 11, 2015

If you love Debian, but miss GNOME 2; you should definitely try Point Linux.

It comes with MATE desktop environment which is fork of GNOME2. The design goal of this distribution is to provide an easy to setup, user friendly, stable, fast and predictable operating system for the lovers of Linux desktop. This Linux distribution is targeted toward experienced users and IT sector. The latest version of this operating system Point Linux 3.0 is out now. Let’s see how we can install and get familiar with this distro.

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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