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PolishLinux: Review: Frugalware 0.5 (Siwenna)

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 20, 2006

[ Thanks to Borys
Musielak
for this link. ]

“Frugalware is an independent GNU/Linux distribution similar to
Slackware, aiming at simplicity, speed and multimedia support. It
features a wide software repository, managed by Pacman from
Archlinux, which resolves dependencies and makes system updates
easy. I’m going to walk you through the process of installing and
configuring the latest version (0.5) of this outstanding OS.

“Frugalware development is divided into two branches–current
and stable. In current, the packages are updated regularly, as the
new versions of programs appear. There are new updates available
almost every day…”


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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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