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NewsForge: My Desktop OS: Slackware 10.2

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 22, 2006

“I’ve used Linux since 1999. I started with SUSE 6.4, but soon
moved to Slackware because I wanted to learn how to administer an
enterprise server. I then decided to try it on the desktop to
improve my Linux knowledge. My experience with Slackware has been
both demanding and amazing.

“Slackware installation and configuration requires some Linux
knowledge. The distribution is not as user-friendly as other Linux
packages. When making partitions you need to use fdisk or
cfdisk…”

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Web Webster

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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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