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With XP's End of Life, Munich Will Distribute Ubuntu CDs

Posted by timothy on from the that's-trading-up dept.

SmartAboutThings writes "Windows XP is going to officially die and stop receiving support from Microsoft in April, 2014. After that very moment, it is said to become a gold mine for hackers all over the world who will exploit 'zero-day' vulnerabilities. The municipality of the German city of Munich wants to stop that from happening [and] has decided to distribute free CDs with Ubuntu 12.04 to users of the almost extinct XP. Munich, through its Gasteig Library, will prepare around 2000 CDs with Ubuntu 12.04 to offer to city residents affected by Windows XP's end of support. Previously, it was believed that Munich city's authorities were going to offer Lubuntu 12.04, which would have required lower system requirements with the same support period."

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  1. Re:Microsoft will pull back by ArcadeMan · · Score: 5, Funny

    As for things like loosing your existing programs

    Maybe if you tighten the bits your programs will stop being loose?

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  2. This reminds me of by Virtucon · · Score: 4, Funny

    AOL CDs and Floppy Disks. Great for leveling that kitchen table that has one leg shorter than the rest.

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  3. Re:Microsoft will pull back by mwvdlee · · Score: 3, Funny

    Windows 8 is hell on Earth in UI form but at least it functions properly.

    I'd prefer a glitchy heaven.

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  4. Pushing Unity desktop on unsuspecting users? by ggraham412 · · Score: 3, Funny

    This had Unity on by default, doesn't it? Epic fail.

    We can almost hear one of one Redmond’s richest residents rubbing his hands together with glee.

    Unity is almost as relevant to Ubuntu 12.04 as ASIMO is to Honda’s latest hatchback.

    I had Ubuntu 12.04 installed for a short time and HATED it as well. The overall look and feel of the default Unity desktop manager is like it is trying to be a hybrid desktop/tablet OS and doing a half assed job at both. It managed to combine annoying, confusing and pandering on a level almost up there with Microsoft Bob. One wonders if this is a surreptitious reverse advertisement for Windows 8.