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Story: Desktop Linux for small business

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ubuntu!! come off it. u are better off with Xandros for a SMB. Xandros has better support and is pretty good for work environment. With their ever increasing partner list, i am surprised that you never thought of that.

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Story: Desktop Linux for small business

  1. Ubuntu Disk Problem hoobs
  2. Ubuntu Linux is complex to install if we compare t... Anonymous
  3. My experience with Mandriva (Mandrake) is tha... Anonymous
  4. WAKE UP DEARS XANDROS IS THE NAME WHERE LINUX... Bubi
  5. Had no problems on install on old Pentium 2 2... isothirsty
  6. Not to be picky, but it's Ubuntu 5.10, not Ubuntu... Bnonn Tennant
  7. Ok, so how can you even say that SUSE isn't free o... Ross Brunson
  8. I notice you completely stepped around Xandro... Darin MacLachlan
  9. I'm presently running Xandros (dual boot... Robert
  10. ubuntu!! come off it. u are better off with Xandro... Anonymous
  11. CentOS is an OS that is rebuilt from the publicly... Johnny Hughes
  12. What about MEPIS???? After trying most of the top... xetaprime
  13. Your reviewer should have taken another look at PC... Anonymous
  14. If you are trying to decide which distribution pro... John Yorke
  15. Have you not heard of the excellent MEPIS? This d... Laurence Taylor
  16. Ubuntu is just walking a great moment,even the top... emanuele
  17. It would be nice to have included wireless in the... Anonymous
  18. It is good to hear Ubuntu getting the credit it is... Anonymous
  19. Mepis is worth considering for small business. I c... Saddletramp
  20. The post saying Ubuntu or Kubuntu "just work" isn'... MepisFan
  21. Xandros is far and away the hands-down winner in t... Oscar Jones
  22. Mepis is indeed a great distro. Very clean fa... Vlekkie
  23. Our small business has used Xandros as our default... Wayne Ostrowercha
  24. Glad to hear love for Xandros and Mepis, but Ubunt... Scott O. Clamp
  25. This could have been a very useful comparative rev... Syd Hancock
  26. Why don't you all just chill out? I've tried... Brian Cummings
  27. Linux users are largely miscreants. The thing tha... Bob G
  28. I've used a number of Linux distros ever sinc... James J
  29. Ubuntu is a very good distribution, I think its fu... Zyo
  30. It really is wonderful to hear such banter. The tr... Linux User
  31. I run a small business so maybe its easier for me... michael piasecki
  32. If you look at distro watch the top five distros a... Anonymous
  33. Ubuntu is the winner?? Yes, the desktop looks nice... coward
  34. "you will need an internet connection to down... Anonymous
  35. Mandriva 2006 le is shite, kubuntu/ubuntu 5.10 and... Anonymous
  36. My write in canidates are: 1) Mepis 2) Kanotix 3)... Mike Larson
  37. Started with Linux almost a year ago. Went from Su... mvephoto
  38. Ubuntu Cons : "default colour scheme is brown" Not... Blue Hater
  39. I'm curently running Red hat Linux (dual boot) wit... Anonymous
  40. I'm a Linux Fresher. I didn't know what to go for... Graham Murfitt
  41. I've looked at just about every free Linux di... Marcus Crofutt-USA
  42. I'm a Linux Fresher. I didn't know what to go for... Graham Murfitt
  43. I've just bought a Sun server. Solaris lasted 20 m... Anonymous
  44. Linux is here in force for sure, distros like MEPI... Anthony Cea
  45. What a supurb review! Thank, thank you for taking... windoze user
  46. I have installed and used about everything on dist... Ely Conroy Sr. II

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