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When Linux Distros Are Abandoned

Posted by brideoflinux on · 2 comments
FOSS Force; By Ken Starks 		Mail this story
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We’ve had some fairly high profile Linux distros fold up their tents and move along. Whether due to a lack of financial support or the project growing larger than a one man dev team can manage, distros do go away. It’s never for a good reason but the fact remains: When a distro ceases to exist, a lot of people get left in the lurch.

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linuxscreenshot ·
It was a sad day when Libranet went away, due to the death of the developer.

It may have become the Ubuntu of our day..
kikinovak ·
I've been a Libranet user back in the day. In 2003, I even published a detailed article about Libranet in a French print magazine. Libranet may have become way better than Ubuntu. Everything JustWorked(tm), out of the box.

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