Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Wed 13th Dec 2006 06:02 UTC
Debian and its clones DesktopLinux.com's executive editor recently decided to retire Red Hat 7 after seven years of loyal service as his home LAN's firewall/router OS. This article chronicles his trials and tribulations as he presses "pure Debian" into service, first as a server and then as a Linux desktop. Read the complete tale here.
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RE: Debian desktop
by da_Chicken on Wed 13th Dec 2006 17:23 UTC in reply to "Debian desktop"
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2006-01-01

That's right, the default "desktop task" in Debian 4.0 has been built around GNOME 2.14. However, Joey Hess has pointed out some alternatives for users who prefer KDE:
http://kitenet.net/~joey/blog/entry/KDE_CD.html

More information about the Debian 4.0 (codenamed "etch") release is available here:
http://www.debian.org/releases/etch/
http://wiki.debian.org/NewInEtch

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