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SRO: A New Face For Linux

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SJV
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
May 7, 1999

“The K Desktop Environment’s KDE 1.1.1 takes a large step
forward in delivering the fully functional, rock-solid GUI needed
to persuade nearly ubiquitous Windows shops that Linux might just
belong on the front end as well as the back end.”

“In our evaluation, used under Red Hat 5.2 on a 200MHz Pentium
II system, the GUI proved similar enough to Windows for novice
users, while at the same time preserving Linux’s superior
multi-tasking power with such Unix standards as multiple virtual
desktops.”

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Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

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