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GNUstep Live CD 0.5 presentation at LinuxBeta

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The GNUStep Live CD shows how small and alternative Window Managers make excellent alternatives to the KDE and Gnome desktops. LinuxBeta has put together a 50 image slide-show showing the full potential of the GNUStep WM.

The GNUstep Live CD 0.5 slide show at www.linuxbeta.com is worth a look.

It shows the full potential of the GNUstep desktop system. You can download the GNUstep Live CD (about 400 MB) if you like what you see. The CD includes a hard drive installer (Open a terminal and type sudo su , morphixinstaller).

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