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http://www.linuxquestions.org – I have tested several linux distros these last four years and I wanted to post my experiences and what just downright urks me. Minded me as I only had a limited amount of time to test distros and only the ones I tested are included. A big one that needs to be addressed first is the size. Linux used to be a really small OS. Heck it used to be able to fit on a floppy disk. Now however I see linux distros that take up Gigabytes to install such as Ubuntu and Fedora. Common linux distros also use a great deal more RAM then they used to. Based on my testing both Ubuntu and Fedora require 1 GB of R (HowTos)

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Submitted by xskl on 12/14/2010 – Made popular on 12/14/2010

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