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NimbleX: The Diet Slackware

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 3, 2007

“The word ‘nimble’ is an adjective that means quick and light in
motion. It is also a quality that the young NimbleX Linux
distribution is boasting. Based on the grand daddy of all linux
ditros which is Slackware, its main goal is to provide the latest
and greatest open source applications to those who have lower-end
computers.

“Recently, I contemplated on replacing Xubuntu from our old
Prestigio laptop. Cassandra Mint was a good candidate to replace it
but I was looking for an even lighter distro…”

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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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