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eWeek: Linux Desktop Offering Targets Masses

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 14, 2003

“The battle to try and dent Microsoft Corp’s dominance of the
desktop operating system market is heating up, with Linux desktop
distributions springing up from new companies and existing vendors
alike–all hoping to cater to those disenchanted Microsoft Windows
users.

“Ark Linux has one of the newest offerings, and its stated goal
is to provide an easy-to-use Linux distribution ‘for the
masses.’

“‘It is not our intent to take users away from other Linux
distributions… it is our goal to provide a good desktop operating
system,’ the company says on its Web site…”

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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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