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Consulting Times: Linux vs Microsoft XP: Optimizations Make Linux the Killer Desktop

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
May 26, 2005

[ Thanks to Tom
Adelstein
for this link. ]

Last month, when I tested Linspire 5.0 for my series on Linux
desktops for government enterprises, I discovered NVU. At the time,
I realized something special had happened to the Linux application
inventory. As the NVU Website states:

“Finally! A complete Web Authoring System for Linux Desktop
users as well as Microsoft Windows and Macintosh users to rival
programs like FrontPage and Dreamweaver.

“A tad skeptical, I didn’t totally believe it…”

Complete
Story

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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