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____/ JeffM on Tuesday 02 Mar 2010 19:15 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>Distro Hoppin`: Igelle 1.0.0
>>
> ...and, of course, Igelle has been getting all kinds of bad press
> lately
> as their EULA is in violation of GPL.
> .
> .
>>Desktop comparison - Zenwalk Linux, Salix OS and GoblinX
>>http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20100301#feature
>>
> If you're doing a demo for a newbie
> and that newbie wants to see it working *before* installing it,
> and your n00b doesn't like Zen's choices
> Zen's one-app-per-task LiveCD may fail to impress.
> It kinda blunts my standard advocate's line of
> **Linux is about CHOICE; Linux is about YOU**.
The distro got forked. I can't recall the exact reason. So there's *choice*
for ya! The radical way...
> :All three come with Xfce 4.6.1 as their default desktop environment,
> :although others can be installed later.
> :
> GoblinX comes in several editions:
> g:Standard - KDE
> g:Noblin- GNOME
> g:Mini - Xfce
> g:Micro - Fluxbox
> Now, that's what I call CHOICES.
> If your n00b doesn't like one, whip out another and continue.[1]
>
> :The GoblinX web site feels awkward and it took me a while
> :to locate the tiny shortcut to the forum further down the page.
> :This being a Brazilian distro half the postings were in Portuguese.
> :
> Yeah, that's the fly in the ointment.
It mostly targets Brasilians and others in south America,
where GNU/Linux is used a lot (and preinstalled even more).
> [1] When Mint gets their Mint 8 Xfce Edition out,
> that distro will be another that has this option with LiveCDs.
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