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MozillaQuest: In Pursuit of Good Desktop Linux: Network Neighborhood and MS Windows Partitions

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 8, 2005

“So, you are not sure what makes a Linux distribution a good
desktop Linux but you know it when you see it, right? Perhaps but
perhaps not. So, what does it take to be a good desktop Linux
distribution?

“Here, we use the term desktop Linux to refer to Linux-based
computer systems that sport graphical user interfaces (GUIs) laid
out to look and feel like desktops. Two popular GNU-Linux GUI
desktop systems are GNOME and KDE. What most people see when they
use Microsoft Windows is a GUI desktop…”


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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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