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How the latest Netrunner distro delivers a Linux productivity powerhouse


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ZDNET's key takeaways

  • Netrunner is a Linux distribution for all.
  • Based on Debian, Netrunner uses a tweaked KDE desktop.
  • Netrunner might not win design awards, but it works very well.

KDE Plasma is one of the best desktop environments on the planet. It's smooth, beautiful, user-friendly, and highly configurable. I would go so far as to say that KDE Plasma has surpassed GNOME as the most popular desktop environment for Linux.

Some Linux distros, such as KDE Linux, ship with a fairly untouched version of KDE Plasma, whereas other distros ship with customized versions. Netrunner takes KDE Plasma and bends it into a hybrid of KDE Plasma, GNOME, and Windows 11. As a result, the Netrunner desktop distribution should be immediately familiar to anyone who has used a PC over the past decade ...


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