Linux's history is littered with distributions that came and went, many of which are long forgotten. There are some, however, that I actually miss, and these are they. I’ve been using Linux for so ...

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A Linux distribution -- often shortened to Linux distro-- is a complete operating system based on Linux. It is packaged with other components and software to make it fully usable out of the box.

The kinds of people who really want newer software tend to be power users and developers, for whom new versions of ...