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: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.