Chinese Pirates Launch Ubuntu That Looks Like XP

An anonymous reader writes "Ylmf, famous for pirating Windows XP, have just released a version of Ubuntu that looks just like Windows XP. Really, really similar. Apparently because Microsoft were cracking down on the actual Windows XP pirating — though I think they will still suffer for ripping off the GUI exactly." Of course, if that's the sort of look you like for your desktop, you need not risk any download cooties or language barriers; a reader in the Ubuntu Forums suggests this instructional video for giving Gnome the XP treatment.

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Re:Im Hit by Moderator Abuse

[Zemran]

Sorry but this is /. and a comment is flamebait if the reader with modpoints disagrees with it or if it criticises the US. Nothing to do with starting flame wars.

Re:why?

[MobileTatsu-NJG]

Simply put, yes. They are a victim of the marketing department at Microsoft, which (look back for the article last week) has admitted to paying "independent" shills and stacking discussion panels to endorse their inferior product.

It is marketed better and more ruthlessly - that's why anyone pays for it.

Windows far better supported than any other OS. Sorry to suck the fun out of believing than Microsoft hired the Hypno-Toad.

Re:why?

[hairyfeet]

Wow, thanks, I so rarely get to use this in a sentence...WHOOSH! way to miss the point by a country mile, AND reinforce my example, all at the same time! Bravo! We are talking about Joe and Sally average, and you are talking SQL and Exchange...ummm...exactly how many Joe and sally averages do you HONESTLY think are working as admins in AD domains?

And this is exactly what I was talking about! I have NO PROBLEM going CLI when it is faster or easier for me. KEY WORDS ...FOR ME...to do a fix, but I'm not arrogant enough to think that 20+ years in IT makes me the same as Joe and Sally. And folks wonder why I stay in PC repair when I could be working corporate. Because I would MUCH rather deal with Joe and Sally, who are just damned glad that someone will sit down with them and explain things in English, than the uptight corporate drone admins that think their shit don't stink.

We are NOT, I repeat NOT talking about...in NO particular order....servers, cell phones, embedded devices, administration of multiple PCs in a corporate environment, or whether you or I would be faster in a pure CLI VS a GUI environment. Because in the end it AIN'T ABOUT US!!! It is about the masses, the 99.99995% that do NOT have a CS degree, do NOT work as an admin, and do NOT WANT nor feel comfortable in your "leet" CLI terminal crap! Why is that so fricking hard to understand?

THIS is the reason Windows and OSX is royally kicking your OS ass, it is NOT a conspiracy, or Ballmer backing up the money truck, it is because thanks to Windows and OSX a good 85-90% of problems can be solved by "clicky clicky" whereas with Linux it is "Here is 6 pages of CLI gibberish, which BTW may or may not work (usually not) which if it don't you damned well better be able to "tweak" said CLI gibberish to match your hardware/software combination. Do you HONESTLY think any non IT tech user is gonna understand, much less have the skill to pull that fucking miracle off? Oh and don't forget CLI has NO autocomplete or spellcheck, so God help them if they mistype because it is borked city baby, yeah!

But go ahead, regale me with stories of using Poweshell (which in the..what 6 years it has been out? I have NEVER seen on a consumer box. NOT ONE) or Server 2K8 Core(News Flash that OS is $$$ and is NOT sold to consumers!) or tell me I must be a shill or I just don't "get it" when it comes to the pants wetting wonder that is CLI. You keep right on telling yourself that, and ignoring guys like me in the trenches that actually deal with consumers, but don't be surprised when your niche OS never gains any marketshare. I mean, haven't you ever wondered, even just a little, why Walmart took it from the shelves, and why NO major retailer selling Linux in stores? I can tell you why, because Linux is a PITA and a fricking nightmare from hell to support at retail, that's why!!! Ballmer doesn't need to pay me jack, one month of looking at 400%+ return rates on Ubuntu 9.04 thanks to paperweight roulette and a couple of headaches pounding at the term for hours and watching my profits go up in smoke broke me of selling Linux REAL fucking quick! Your OS may be good in corporate and server environments, which is 0.04% or so of the market, but retail? Where the big money is at? It sucks!!!