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Manila Standard Today: A Challenge for Linux Developers

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 11, 2006

“For the last few weeks, I’ve been running Ubuntu Linux on my
home computer. Windows XP is still there, sitting on a separate
partition of my hard disk, but I hardly fire it up these days
because I like Ubuntu and want to learn more about how it
works.

“As I wrote last month, Ubuntu is one of the most user-friendly
distributions of Linux I’ve used to date, installing painlessly
from just one CD. Two weeks ago, I successfully completed seven
common tasks that I normally did on Windows XP–create documents,
browse the Web, get new software and install it, download files,
play music and video files, burn CDs and print…”

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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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