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OSNews: Ubuntu: Could Do with a Bit More Work

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 24, 2005

“I’d better start by admitting that I’m a fan of KDE. It’s not
because it works like Windows, but for the quality of the tools
available. However, a GUI is just a way of doing something and I
think I’ve been a bit dismissive of the Gnome desktop up to now. I
read a few reviews of Ubuntu, looked at their web site and decided
to have a look. I wanted a general purpose (desktop) distribution
and an opportunity to get to know the Gnome utilities.

“They do a Live CD; you download and burn an ISO, put it in your
drive, reboot and voila! Instant Gnome in glorious brown…”

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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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