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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. Re:Ubuntu Year.Month by MighMoS · · Score: 1, Redundant

    I was wondering how the hell they named their products, and why they started out at four point something.

  2. Re:Very low quality review by Mistshadow2k4 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    If you dislike Mandriva for certain reasons, but actually like it otherwise, you might want to give PcLinux OS a spin. I can't vouch for it myself but I've read several people at distrowatch claim that it's what Mandriva should be. Even though PCLinux OS is still in beta, these folks say it beat Mandriva but was still very Mandriva-like. I dunno myself, but I thought others might want to know.

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  3. Re:What is in it for me? by Mistshadow2k4 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I had Knoppix on my hd over a year ago and ran into serious problems when trying to install more software; the shortcuts to fit it onto the cd result in broken packages. Some stuff would install just fine, other stuff simply would not install at all and apt would just give me an error. AFAIK there is no fix for this and it hasn't changed. If you run into similar problems, you might want to try GenieOS; Genie is basically an easy install Debian. To get everything that Knoppix has on it (some of the software on Knoppix is fairly specialized) you may have to do a search to find a source to put on your list, but you can have a GenieOS set up in less than a day to have everything you want that's on Knoppix without broken package probems interfering with anything else you try to install.

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    I dream of a better world... one in which chickens can cross roads without their motives being questioned.