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Old 02-07-2011, 03:10 PM   #1
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LXer: Linux Distro: Linux Console


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The strangely named Linux Console seems to be designed to work equally well as a Live distribution and as a permanent installation. It offers an LXDE based desktop alongside a collection of standard applications. It could be used as a typical desktop Linux distro, but I have a feeling that it could see some use as a front-end in appliance type set-ups that need to be a bit more of a typical desktop layout than some of the kiosk or media player distributions. However, I'm not absolutely sure what the aim of this distro actually is.

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Old 02-07-2011, 04:26 PM   #2
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The name's a bit misleading: Linux Console. More suited to a distro without X.
 
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The name's a bit misleading: Linux Console. More suited to a distro without X.
Yeah...didn't expect that either
 
  


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