XPde 0.5 - A Linux Desktop for Windows Users

Nissan Dookeran writes "From the website: 'The XPde Team today announced the immediate availability of XPde 0.5.0, a complete rewrite of the XPde desktop environment...XPde aims to recreate the Windows XP desktop environment on Linux in order to allow Windows users to "feel at home" in front of a Linux computer' Full announcement of release here with screenshots here. Might be a good transitional tool for Windows users looking not wanting to give up their eye-candy interface initially. The main page also has a good PDF document regarding legal issues when developing software that emulates Windows functions. A StarOffice version of the document also available."

Comments

secure winXP

[wmacgyver]

hey, it's the secure WinXP release! (duck for cover)

Cool

[MisterFancypants]

This is a cool project. Windows is awesome. It is good to finally see Linux users realizing that the Windows UI is the best one there is and adapting to use it.

Re:Cool

[jaavaaguru]

The thing about windows is that everybody has learned to deal with all of its crazy "idiosyncracies", not that it is any better.

Pop quiz:
If you drag a floppy disk into the trash can, does it:
A) Delete everything on the disk
B) Destroy the disk
C) Eject the disk

Re:Cool

[no longer myself]

Answer: D) Your monitor shows a blue screen with white text and the keyboard and mouse completely stop reacting to anything you do forcing you to hit the reset button and sit there for half an hour while it runs scandisk.

Of course that's the proper response for just about anything you do under Windows. :-P

I'm only kidding! It was A, right?

Re:Cool

[horza]

This is a cool project. Windows is awesome. It is good to finally see Linux users realizing that the Windows UI is the best one there is and adapting to use it.

Think of it as digital methadone, propping up the poor user as they are slowly weaned off being given their daily hit of M$.

Phillip.

Re:I'm not convinced by that PDF

[Anonymous Coward]

if MS can take down "Lindows", they can definitely take down "XPde Professional".

Fuck, even Slashdot can take down whatever the hell this is - the server's toasted already.

Uh-oh!

[bj8rn]

Does this mean that for "Windows users", Tux will be replaced with Tinky-Winky?

Re:I'm not convinced by that PDF

[eliza_effect]

The Athlon XP neither looks, nor feels like Windows XP.

Re:mods on crack?

[BillsPetMonkey]

Sorry, that was me. I scrolled down using the middle button, which also moves the dropdown selection.

Just to prove I'm not on crack, I'm posting this to undo the moderation.

Re:Mod me troll flamebait or whatever but...

[Anonymous Coward]

That would be even sweeter if you installed a Matrix Theme and Salior Moon Icons while chatting with your IRC buddies in a transparent terminal. Man, the LInux desktop is just sooo kewl.

Re:Just a quick note from a "windows user"

[Anonymous Coward]

I knew a bit about the command line, I had used sun boxes at work for CAD

I am frightened and alarmed by that comment.

Re:Good...bad...no - good!

[Lord of Ironhand]

In other news, Ferrari announced the introduction of a Ferrari that drives just like a Volkswagen. This will allow Volkswagen drivers to feel "right at home" behind the wheel of a Ferrari.

Re:Something seems wrong here

[Anonymous Coward]

Not according to whoever named Microsoft's Services for Unix.

Clone COMMAND.COM

[SLi]

That's an interesting idea.

Now someone should write a clone of COMMAND.COM for Linux, for as we all know it's The Superior Command Interpreter(tm).

Re:I'm not convinced by that PDF

[mOdQuArK!]

Dunno, if you rake the pins across your skin hard enough to draw blood, it kind of feels like Windows XP...

Re:I'm not convinced by that PDF

[ed333]

Yeah, but they might try and say its a nonliteral interpretation.

that's nice but

[xeeno]

I would settle for a linux desktop for linux users.

Re:But Why?

[Anonymous Coward]

Jesus H Christ, you're on Slashdot. Wake up and smell the geeks.