NewsForge: My Desktop OS: Xandros | Linux Today

NewsForge: My Desktop OS: Xandros

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 6, 2006

“About a year ago I installed Linux on my desktop at work. I am
a database administrator for a PeopleSoft and Oracle shop and I
spend a lot of my time remotely logged in to our servers. I decided
to try Linux because I had become frustrated with Windows not being
able to things like multiple desktops, forwarding the display of a
remote server onto your box to run apps remotely, and connecting
with SSH. Fortunately, my management is far more interested in
having happy, productive employees than what operating system
people use so they were willing to let me experiment. Today, with
Xandros, I have a good solid desktop, and I don’t worry about
viruses, spyware, and adware…”

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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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