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____/ Tony(UK) on Tuesday 14 April 2009 16:21 : \____
> On Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:27:16 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> Windows dedicated site to try Linux!
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | Neowin, the site which for the most part is Microsoft dedicated has
>> just | announced another revelation. Its editor Marshalus is trying out
>> Ubuntu 9.04 | beta.
>
> This is a bit confusing, Roy.....as Neowin has actually had a version of
> it's community-based Linux, called Shift Linux, available for download
> since the 18th October 2006.
> http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=shift
>
> It is currently up to 0.6.5, and on 27th November 2008, there was an
> announcement that Shift was moving away from it's Ubuntu base, and
> switching to Arch Linux.
>
> http://shiftlinux.net/news/item/shift-linux-to-be-based-on-arch
> http://shiftlinux.net/news/item/a-new-direction
>
> There are quite a number of quite dedicated Linux people lurking around
> Neowin ;-)
They do a bit of Linux. I know about Shift Linux, which I reposted about here
several times before. But as the cited posts suggests -- and I agree with
it -- NeoWin is about Windows at its core, especially that one guy.
It's good to see that more people are looking at what /else/ is out there.
People are less stubborn to stick with what they know.
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~~ Best of wishes
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