Q4OS+Trinity Gives New Meaning to Lightweight

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JMG
Jack M. Germain
Nov 2, 2016

Q4OS is a lightweight Linux distro that offers some worthwhile alternatives to more established distros.

Q4OS version 1.6.1 “Orion,” released this summer, has as its main claim to fame the developing Trinity desktop. Trinity is a breakaway fork from the KDE 3 community.

JMG

Jack M. Germain

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