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October 23rd, 2002
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I may actually be insane.
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New Linux Distro (Xandros)
Released today, and from what i've heard it seems to be a pretty good distro, rivaling lycoris in ease of use. Only down side to it is it costs $99, but from reviews and such it appears to be worth the money as an alternative operating system to Windows. |
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October 23rd, 2002
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I may actually be insane.
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Here's some more info...
Interview with the maker Preview @ osnews with screenies Review / Blessing  @ The register
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October 23rd, 2002
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NTFS Guru
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Keep 'em coming!
 Linux really needs better desktop distros. Still a bit to square for my taste though... |
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October 24th, 2002
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Agreed, its nice to dabble with, but I don't think I could use it as my main o/s
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October 24th, 2002
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hmmm sounds interesting. I might try this because for some reason Lycoris runs really slow on my system
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October 24th, 2002
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Thanks for the info Speedy. This looks pretty cool.
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October 24th, 2002
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I may actually be insane.
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o_87, go for it, I'd be interested to hear the outcome.
Lycoris altho it looks nice it does look bloated (I can't really judge because I haven't used it) but this looks like its just standard KDE but with better auto-config so to speak. Either way, these new distro's are all heading in the right direction to become usable as a day to day desktop operating system. |
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October 24th, 2002
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You're right Speedy. Lycoris is bloated.
It contains a lot of stuff that I don't want, so I just choose not to install those packages, and then use the package manager to uninstall stuff I don't need. |
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October 24th, 2002
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I may actually be insane.
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well like i say, i haven't used it, it's just instinct that anything that looks that nice (read: XP) is bloated  With that said its not nessecarily a bad thing, XP works fine, it just needs a faster computer than 2k, but logic suggests most people have computers powerful enough to run it. Bloat doesn't bother me too much, i think it comes down to ease of use now. |
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