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Mad Penguin: TurboLinux 10F–The Next Great Desktop?

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 26, 2004

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“I was introduced to TurboLinux back in early 2001 when they
released TurboLinux Server 6.5, and let me tell you I was instantly
sold. In the role of a server this distro simply excelled in pretty
much all respects as far as I was concerned at the time. Of course,
times change and so do opinions. I later moved on to more
community-supported distributions as TurboLinux changed hands and
their subsequent releases to the public were limited trials. I
tried their 7.0 workstation release that same year and immediately
removed it from my system… needless to say I wasn’t impressed at
all. It lacked on usability and was really sub par in the speed
category. Other distros blew this one out of the water… and that
was the last time I tried TurboLinux. Until now…”

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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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