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LinuxLookup.com: Progeny Debian 1.0 Linux Review

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
May 9, 2001

LinuxLookup has some high praise for Progeny Debian GNU/Linux
1.0 in this brief review, noting that the installation is a snap
and the overall distribution is stable and usable. The reviewer
takes points off on an improperly detected NIC we haven’t seen any
pre-2.4 kernel distribution get right.

“I’ll be the first one to admit it. I haven’t touched
any variant of the Debian Linux distribution for a really long
time. I personally could never get comfortable with the
distribution. When this review was up for grabs I decided what the
hell. I’d heard some good things about Progeny circulating and
thought I’d give it a whirl…My first installation just awed
me…”

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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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