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A guide to Slackware and Arch Linux: getting your hands dirty with Linux

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 12, 2012

Each of the thousands of Linux distros out there naturally has its pros and cons. Peek into forums and you’ll bear witness to heated flamewars over which distribution is better than which. The answer to this question is that it’s up to you. This may seem like a cop-out, but it really is true. Open source is about freedom. You have the freedom to choose what you like and go with it.

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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