Linux: "Ubuntu is wannabe OSX. Red Hat is wannabe Windows."

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	Linux: "Ubuntu is wannabe OSX. Red Hat is wannabe Windows."

Lexica

12-15-2008 2:04 PM

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One person's thoughts about what the different Linux distros are like.

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