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TUXEDO Computers to Develop Own Ubuntu-Based Linux Distro Using Xfce Desktop

posted by Fnord666 on Wednesday July 05 2017, @02:54PM   Printer-friendly
from the now-if-it-came-with-Tails dept.

MrPlow writes:

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Vinzenz Vietzke of TUXEDO Computers announced today that the German electronics manufacturer, which is known for selling laptops and desktop computers that ship pre-loaded with Linux, created their own distro.

The news comes just a week after System76 computer reseller announced Pop!_OS as their own GNU/Linux distribution based on Ubuntu and the GNOME desktop environment, and it now looks like TUXEDO Computers follow suit and announce TUXEDO Xubuntu, their own Xubuntu-based distro, which will power all of their computers in the near future.

"We have been working on this project for several months. We have been thinking about the usability of the desktop, have included user feedback in our considerations and made some surveys on desktop usage," says Vinzenz Vietzke. "The result of our research, surveys and countless tests is now that we have chosen Xfce based on Ubuntu."

Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/tuxedo-computers-to-develop-own-ubuntu-based-linux-distro-using-xfce-desktop-516821.shtml

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  • (Score: 2) by frojack on Wednesday July 05 2017, @11:09PM

    by frojack (1554) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday July 05 2017, @11:09PM (#535450) Journal

    I can't imagine keeping some extremely niche distro on my machine. I'd almost certainly wipe it upon arrival,

    Exactly. I wouldn't trust a Linux pre-install any more than a windows pre-install.

    I've bought server blades with linux pre-installed. Nuked em out of the box, after scoping out were to download any custom hardware drivers that I couldn't do without. (Mostly backplane controls for power/ups/intrusion crap.)

    The only value in the pre-installed linux was that it proved the hardware worked.

    Used to be, I had to get them with freedos installed just so the vendors could comply with their microsoft contract to never sell a machine without an operating system.

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