Linux Shootout: 7 Desktop Distros Compared | Linux Today

Linux Shootout: 7 Desktop Distros Compared

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Serdar Yegulalp
May 5, 2008

“In the last couple of years, desktop-friendly Linux
distributions have taken enormous leaps–they’re easier to install,
better maintained, and more powerful than ever before. There’s also
that many more of them–which means that many more possibilities to
sift through.

“In this roundup I’ve looked at seven Linux distributions, all
mainly aimed at desktop users. Some ought to be household names;
some are less widely sung but still worth looking at…”


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Serdar Yegulalp

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