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		keithpeter on Nov 11, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Linux Mint: The new Ubuntu? "I think it's beautiful how Linux is capable of branching and splitting so painlessly." You've nailed it for me with that quote. Thanks. Points up the difference between commercially packaged OS and a free (ish given Ubuntu's binary blobs) one.

diminish on Nov 11, 2011 [–]

in the past 2 months i used extensively gnome2,3, unity, xfce, kde4.6 etc and i am so happy for such a small market share there are many choices. this is the power of open source.

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