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[News] Author Concludes Users' Needs Differ (the Need for Specialised Linuxes), DW Reviews New Distros

  • Subject: [News] Author Concludes Users' Needs Differ (the Need for Specialised Linuxes), DW Reviews New Distros
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 04:26:06 +0100
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Netscape / schestowitz.com
  • User-agent: KNode/0.10.4
There’s A Linux Distro for Every User -- And Vice Versa

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| One common question I get asked about Linux, typically by people who are not 
| themselves users of the OS, is "What kinds of people use Linux?" The 
| conventional wisdom among non-techies is that Linux is strictly for pros or 
| the tech-geek set. But from what I’ve gathered, today’s Linux users actually 
| break down into four categories.    
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http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2007/07/theres_a_linux.html

Mini-Reviews: CentOS 5.0 LiveCD, Berry 0.82, and AntiX "Spartacus"

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| The CentOS team released a liveCD based on version 5.0 on July 10. 
| It's a 679MB download and was created so that a prospective user can 
| test it on their hardware. It comes with enough applications that it 
| could be used as a portable workstation as well.
| 
| [...]
| 
| AntiX is an installable liveCD based on SimplyMepis geared toward 
| older computers of lesser resources. 
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http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20070716

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