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Old 09-18-2005, 02:02 PM   #1
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Article On Choosing A Distro

This is an interesting article on choosing a distro for newbies:

http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php...8-004-26-OS-HL
 
Old 09-18-2005, 02:34 PM   #2
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Also a good orientation:

Distrowatch is a great distro resource site. On the top right there's a link called "Major distributions" which is also quite helpful..

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Old 09-18-2005, 08:28 PM   #3
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Likewise, I found this article from tipmonkies to be pretty helpful -- J.W.
 
  


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