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Xandros Recruiting Beta Testers

Posted by samzenpus on from the try-it-out dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Looks like the folks at Xandros are getting ready for a new release of their Linux desktop. They're recruiting beta testers so those of you who like to try something new, you can sign up from here. No details about when or what to expect in the new release. Xandros always lets the other distros get the bugs out of the latest bleeding edge software before they do a new release so this should be another solid release with updated KDE, kernel, X, drivers, etc. Can't wait. Gotta get me on that beta list."

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  1. Xandros Motto by capz+loc · · Score: 5, Funny

    From the Xandros website: Xandros: Making Linux work for you So apparently Xandros uses the Soviet Russia PR Firm.

    1. Re:Xandros Motto by thephotoman · · Score: 2, Funny

      No, in Soviet Russia, YOU work for Linux.

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      Haec merda tauri est. Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.
  2. Beta Test? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Ummm, this is a linux distro right? Why do they need a private beta? Just give me the damn images, and you better give me all the source code too. Information (and music) wants to be free!! (As in movies!!)

  3. Cool! by commodoresloat · · Score: 3, Funny

    Does it cost $500 to participate in the beta test?

  4. Re:pointless by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    Because finally someone really *gets* what the problem is with linux - the damn thing is uninstallable by the rest of us. Sure - propeller heads can twist linux every which way, but if we really want to create a broadly acceptible, viable alternative to Windows, we need a distribution like Xandros.

    Actually, the problem is worse then that. People keep getting dumber. So we keep lowering the required level of intelligence to use software, so people become dumber, so we lower the required level of intelligence. Its a vicious circle. It's the same reason that newspapers are written at a 4th grade level. The general population isn't any more intelligent then that. So we've got people with 4th grade levels of intelligence who are windows "power users" who cry because Linux expects them to think.

    If we really want a broadly acceptible, viable alternative to Windows, we need a distribution like Xandros to dumb down Linux for society.