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Xandros Desktop OS 3 Deluxe Edition Reviewed

Posted by michael on from the works-for-me dept.

JimLynch writes "The new Xandros is out and we've got a review up on ExtremeTech. With the exception of some burps with our wireless card, we had a great time with this distro. Highly recommended if you're in the market for a replacement for Windows."

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  1. Re:Don't forget... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    I disagree that this is a troll!

    Distributions like this and Red Hat piss in the face of the developers at least in spirit. By taking the toil of others and putting a brand name and slogan on it, suddenly something that was created by others and given away for free now costs almost as much, if not more (Red Hat) than a copy of Windows. Note that the distro is Xandros Desktop OS, not Xandros Linux. Even mention of Linux is minimized.

    Companies like this are the basis of Microsoft's TCO claims. And touting themselves as a Windows replacement without the Windows compatability is misleading to any would be casual buyers. More techinical people know better and will just install Slackware or Debian instead.

    I am not a fan of Microsoft, but I am even less of a fan of commercial Linux distributions like this. They are would be Microsofts who don't want to spend the R&D budget and cash in on the Linux name.