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X/OS is an Undistinguished Red Hat Clone

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 25, 2007

“X/OS Linux is a distribution built from Red Hat Enterprise
Linux sources. Its developers claim it was created ‘to provide a
hassle-free enterprise-class Linux operating system without usage
terms tied to commercial services.’ I downloaded it expecting I
might find all the refinement of Red Hat along with some
improvements and the community one expects to find growing around
free software. It seems I set my expectations too high.

“X/OS is offered on 6 CDs or one 3.6GB DVD. After waiting
overnight for the DVD image to download I was eager to see what
X/OS would be like…”

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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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