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Mad Penguin: First look at aLinux 12.5

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 1, 2005

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“As Linux becomes a more viable contender for the consumer
desktop market (and it is… slowly), the need to make it stand out
from the competition just gets greater and greater. Some might see
this as functionality, others look and feel, still others might see
it as a bit of both.

“This is where aLinux enters the picture. This version of Linux,
which sprang up from a distribution called ‘Peanut,’ strives to
have all the good looks and flash plus all the cool multimedia
features desktop users are demanding. Do they pull it off? Have
they struck a good balance? Does it work? Well, my friends, we’re
here to find out…”

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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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