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OSNews: Newbie’s Opinion: Suse 9.1 Professional vs. Fedora Core 2

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 11, 2004

“Quite frankly, I got fed up with my Windows XP. Everything was
wrong with it–security, stability, and price. So, I took a new
step in my computer experience and tried going Linux. My only
previous experience having been using and FTP Wizard to upload
files to a web host, I could definitely be put into the ‘newbie’
category.

“I compared three so called ‘distros’ of Linux (Suse 9.1 Pro,
Fedora Core 2, and Mandrake 10). Mandrake didn’t appeal to me
(though I’m sure its a fine OS) so I started off with Suse. After
having fun with that I erased that part of my hard drive and
reinstalled over it with Fedora…”

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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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