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TheOpenCD Launches First Edition

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the building-a-new-grid dept.

Emil fra Loeneberg writes with welcome news from TheOpenCD. "This article on NewsForge describes a project which plans to distribute Open Source Software (OSS) widely to Windows users. You can download a CD image from a mirror site and start spreading the OSS message. It's basically an OSS distro for Windows. This project was also mentioned on Slashdot back in April and now they are ready with a first release. Any first reviews?"

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  1. Re:NT, as in Not Today by Graspee_Leemoor · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    " no drop-in replacement for MS-Access"

    I think hitting yourself in the head with a hammer is a good replacement for MS-Access.

    Well, it's what I'd choose anyway.

    Flamebait, you say? Can't handle the truth?

    Anyway, I wouldn't diss SQL-Server (much), but I sure can diss Access. Even used by just one person, an Access db is a joke.

    graspee

  2. The installer by browser_war_pow · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Is the installer a typical OSS POS or is actually quality? Flame me all you want, juxtapose Debian with Mandrake. Debian's installer is nothing compared to Mandrake's for the average user. If the installer isn't as good as the usual installer for Windows then this project is next to worthless. The only people that you'll get from this are those ABMers who are too lazy or cheap to put their money where their mouths are and switch to Linux or OSX. Open source developers just about don't have a track record, let alone a bad one, on making newbie friendly installers.