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Linux Desktop Distro Shootout
An anonymous reader writes "InfoWeek has posted an open-source OS comparison. Linux Shootout: 7 Desktop Distros Compared pits openSUSE, Ubuntu 8.4, PCLinuxOS, Mandriva Linux One, Fedora, SimplyMEPIS, and CentOS 5.1 against each other. And the winner is ... Ubuntu. Author Serdar Yegulalp writes: 'Ubuntu 8.4 remains one of the best desktop distributions for many good reasons: it works with almost any hardware you throw at it, and has tons of features for both existing Linux users and prospective converts from Windows.' He also gave openSUSE points for ease of use on the desktop, and Mandriva kudos for ease of administration."
Nah. I am currently a Mac User. Using Linux for Desktop Reasons (Server or applience is an other story) is like going back to 2002. You can tout the virtues of Open Source until your blue in the face, but I for My use the Mac is the better tool for me then Linux for desktop usage. And I don't feel like a winner from Linux Desktop because all this effort in making Linux better for the desktop it is taking up resources that can make it better for a server. So I feel like I am loosing here.
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