Mad Penguin: A Distro Enlightened: VectorLinux 5.1 Deluxe | Linux Today

Mad Penguin: A Distro Enlightened: VectorLinux 5.1 Deluxe

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 24, 2005

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“It seems like only yesterday when I first found VectorLinux on
the pages of DistroWatch. Mad Penguin was still in its infancy and
we were looking for software to write about. VectorLinux was an
attractive package at the time since it was then becoming a reality
that desktop Linux distributions were getting fatter and fatter to
keep up with consumer demand and enthusiastic development. As we’ve
seen in the Windows world, there is a price to pay for bloat, and
it’s measured in increments of PC performance. We’re still seeing
that today, but as many of you recall, it wasn’t long ago when you
could brag about how this or that distro outperformed Windows
requiring far less resources…”

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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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