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Linux Desktop Distro Shootout

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the slow-news-day dept.

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."

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  1. If you can by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    If you can read this, you're a douchebag.

  2. Re:And the winner is ..... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    No matter which distro takes the #1 spot, the real grand prize winner is ....
    Mac OS X
  3. Inspiron 1501 runs hot. by SilentBob0727 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I still can't get my core CPU temperature below 55 degrees Celsius while doing anything useful on my Inspiron 1501, regardless of the Linux distribution, even with it propped up on stilts and pointing an AC fan on high at the rear. None of the available CPU fan control software packages work with my hardware, not ACPI, not i8k, not speedfan.

    Running Vista, it rarely creeps above 38 degrees Celsius, even though I could be running SETI@Home while simultaneously watching a DVD and playing WoW. Go figure.

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    Life would be easier if I had the source code.