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Ubuntu: Best Linux Desktop for Business?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the they're-all-better-than-the-alternative dept.

sebFlyte writes "ZDNet has been testing Linux for business, trying to work out what the best distro is for small businesses. After testing Mandriva Linux 2006, Novell Linux Desktop 9, Red Hat Desktop 4, SUSE Linux 10 and Ubuntu Linux 5.1. After installing them all from scratch to simulate a new business set up, and extensive testing involving Gaim, Evolution, OpenOffice.org -- as well as actually writing each review on each distro -- Ubuntu came out as the winner. They summed it up saying 'Ubuntu is a well integrated, practical and absolutely free' and dismissed worries about support. SuSE came a close second."

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  1. Quite an extensive review by El_Muerte_TDS · · Score: 4, Funny

    They really explained all good and bad points of the distros they tested.
    After reading the article I think my intelligence actually dropped.

    1. Re:Quite an extensive review by MighMoS · · Score: 4, Funny

      *shrugs* Its thanksgiving, and a low news-volume day (at least here in the US where we celebrate our ansestors taking a break from killing all the natives)

  2. Great by thesnarky1 · · Score: 4, Funny

    And studies have found "best distro" studies to be the leading cause of flame wars on slashdot. Let the flames fly!

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    Want to find other gamers to play board and role playing game
  3. Distribution of choice by DeathElk · · Score: 5, Funny
    The following quote from a slashdotter (who's name escapes me) kind of brings perspective to the whole battle for superiority amongst distros:

    "My distribution of choice is superior in every way to your pathetic distribution of choice. You are the lowest form of loser to think that your worthless distribution could hold a candle to the God-like superiority of my distribution.

    "My distribution's superiority is clearly demonstrated by it's magnificent out-of-the box handling of my obscure feature of choice. Your pathetic distribution doesn't even support my obscure feature of choice without a course of action so complex that it's madness to even contemplate it.

    "Clearly, my distribution of choice will utterly destroy your distribution of choice. This is so certain it is pointless for you to resist it."