Windows Interoperability in A Linux Distro

Magenta writes "There is a review of the Desktop OS Version 3 Business Edition from Xandros. This operating system is meant to allow users to easily move from Windows XP to Linux without the problems that can arise. Xandros not only can use Window's file system but it is able to run a great number of Windows programs using its CrossOver Office tool from CodeWeavers. This is one of the most accessible distros to come along in awhile and it marks a big step forward in the progress on Linux on the desktop."

Comments

Don't listen to lamers and trolls

[petrus4]

I used Xandros a while ago. While not the most recent version, even back then I was amazed at how quickly I was able to get a very functional KDE Linux system.

While I applaud the community's efforts to continue making Linux more user friendly, something we need to realise is that regardless of how much work we do, there are always going to be the "ready for the desktop" idiots churning out one article after another about how Linux isn't acceptable purely because it isn't 100% identical to Windows. Because of that, I think developers ought to stick to making improvements where they think they need to be made, rather than being dictated to by the "ready for the desktop" morons. These people are generally MS-only drones who can't think for themselves and are going to reject anything that isn't Windows on principle, so we shouldn't worry about trying to please them, because apart from anything else, we're simply never going to.

The main reason why I hate the phrase "ready for the desktop" so much is because it is completely subjective. Wtf is "the desktop", anywayz?

Re:Talk about advertising

[advocate_one]

what is this obsession with writing to NTFS partitions??? if you're doing Linux right, then you've wiped all windows partitions completely off the disk... duel booting linux/windows is merely a crutch for those too weak to dump microsoft completely...