Mad Penguin: VidaLinux 1.1--Gentoo Done Right | Linux Today

Mad Penguin: VidaLinux 1.1–Gentoo Done Right

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 26, 2005

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“Gentoo Linux has a reputation among Linux enthusiast as being
one of the most hardcore distributions available today, and for
good reason. While it is fast, stable, and mature, it doesn’t have
a reputation of being a very accessible distro… meaning not
anyone can sit down and install Gentoo and have any expectation of
simple success. Vida is Spanish for ‘life’ so will it live up to
its name? Will it breath new life into the Linux desktop? We are
about 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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