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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 13th Aug 2005 17:43 UTC
Knoppix, a Linux live CD, will boot a computer from the optical drive and give a slow but usable graphical user interface. The most recent version comes with Firefox and OpenOffice.org 2.0 Beta, so if you're already using the Windows equivalent, Knoppix is that much easier to pick up.
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Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Sat 17th Mar 2007 00:26 UTC
During my 8 years of Linux on and off usage I have tried more distros than I have chocolate bars. Each one of my previous encounters meant that I had to spend at least 2 days configuring before I have a desktop that I was somewhat comfortable with.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 26th Jun 2008 11:13 UTC
On OSNews, we try to steer away from speaking of specific security incidents, trojans, or viruses, unless they are in one way or the other special, or very influential.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 11th Feb 2007 15:51 UTC
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