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Friday, December 26, 2003

LindowsOS 4.5 vs. Sun Java Desktop System 2003

I purchased both LindowsOS 4.5 and Sun Java Desktop System 2003 recently and ... Hmm. While I've sort of gravitated towards Red Hat distributions over the years, I must say I'm impresed with the quality of both of these (relative) newcomers. LindowsOS 4.5 (review) is based on KDE and features a Windows-like desktop; I was surprised by how easily it installed. Sun's illogically named Java Desktop is really SuSE Linux with a bundled copy of Sun Star Office 7; it runs GNOME and was also painfully easy to install, despite the scary-looking Solaris-like packaging and whopping six CDs (only three were needed for the install). It's clear Linux has crossed some threshold, as both these systems worked fine out of the box (well, LindowsOS was downloaded) and presented no hiccups at all. Impressive.

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