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Tip: INQUIRER guide to free operating systems |
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Thursday, 27 December 2007 |
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XP IS GETTING a bit long in the tooth, Vista is a pig and
you don't want to buy a Mac and join the Jobs Cult. So, you're thinking of
having a look at Linux, but are bamboozled by the hundreds of flavours and don't
want to spend a weekend discussing it with disturbingly intense bearded men in
socks and sandals. So here is the Inquirer's guide to Linux: quick, clear,
opinionated and unfair.
There are scores and scores of minor players but only about half a dozen big
ones that are worth looking at. We'll ignore all the single-floppy efforts,
mini-CDs, routers and firewalls, security toolkits and so on, because they're
specialist and there are too many to enumerate. Read more at The Inquirer
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