NewsForge: My Desktop OS: Zenwalk | Linux Today

NewsForge: My Desktop OS: Zenwalk

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 14, 2006

“There are so many desktop distributions that I often find
myself testing them like I’m looking for the Holy Grail and
forgetting what I really want: An operating system for my daily
tasks at home. I found my Grail in Zenwalk, a Slackware-based Linux
distro that uses the lightweight Xfce desktop environment along
with an up-to-date 2.6.16 kernel.

“A desktop OS that everybody will fall in love with needs two
major features: easy installation and easy daily use. When you
first try Zenwalk, don’t be scared by the installer; it does not
look that nice, but it is pretty straightforward…”

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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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