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NewsForge: My Desktop OS: Xandros

“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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