I can't really see what's different between this and major distribution from a commercial entity. I run SUSE 9.3 and it's got everything but crossover office (and Wine is fine for most tasks).
So: - Four-click install with automatic disk partitioning [SUSE's just about got it] - Industry-leading hardware detection & configuration [SUSE's got it] - A single control center for all your settings [SUSE and many distros have got it] - Shield your files from prying eyes with automatic home folder encryption [ok, it's not automatic in SUSE or most distros, but do you really want your mom and dad to encrypt their files?] - Acquire images through the USB scanner support [sounds like most distros] - Support for new nVidia and ATI PCI-Express video cards [sounds like nVidia and ATI] - Recursively change properties of files in selected sub-directories [Sounds like Konqueror] - New! Synchronize your system clock with a network time server [Holy shit, computers do this...wow what a novel idea] - Xandros File Manager [ie konqueror] - Xandros Disc Burner [ie k3b] - Full server-accessed Windows networking [ie samba] - StarOffice 7 with full commercial support [too cool for open office] - Special Xandros edition of CodeWeavers CrossOver Office 3.0.1 [don't see the major advantages over a well setup version of wine] - Xandros Networks updates [sounds like most distros] - Get notified of updates immediately with the Xandros Networks panel applet [sounds like many distros] - Startup and Trouble-shooting Guide [weee!] - 380 page User Guide (PDF with download version) [sounds like they cheaped out...SUSE still gives you two solid books in addition to the PDFs]. - Access to a huge inventory of free Linux software [ie the Internet] - 90 days e-mail installation technical support [ie we don't want you to call and talk to us, oh yeah and screw you that you may have hosed your system when ntfsresize failed and now you can't get online]
My wife's a doctor and when she started using a PDA Palm OS was the only one that Skyscape supported. I wonder if Palm is often thought of as the more "professional" of the two and so the Palm gets some job-oriented programs first?
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I can't really see what's different between this and major distribution from a commercial entity. I run SUSE 9.3 and it's got everything but crossover office (and Wine is fine for most tasks).
So:
- Four-click install with automatic disk partitioning [SUSE's just about got it]
- Industry-leading hardware detection & configuration [SUSE's got it]
- A single control center for all your settings [SUSE and many distros have got it]
- Shield your files from prying eyes with automatic home folder encryption [ok, it's not automatic in SUSE or most distros, but do you really want your mom and dad to encrypt their files?]
- Acquire images through the USB scanner support [sounds like most distros]
- Support for new nVidia and ATI PCI-Express video cards [sounds like nVidia and ATI]
- Recursively change properties of files in selected sub-directories [Sounds like Konqueror]
- New! Synchronize your system clock with a network time server [Holy shit, computers do this...wow what a novel idea]
- Xandros File Manager [ie konqueror]
- Xandros Disc Burner [ie k3b]
- Full server-accessed Windows networking [ie samba]
- StarOffice 7 with full commercial support [too cool for open office]
- Special Xandros edition of CodeWeavers CrossOver Office 3.0.1 [don't see the major advantages over a well setup version of wine]
- Xandros Networks updates [sounds like most distros]
- Get notified of updates immediately with the Xandros Networks panel applet [sounds like many distros]
- Startup and Trouble-shooting Guide [weee!]
- 380 page User Guide (PDF with download version) [sounds like they cheaped out...SUSE still gives you two solid books in addition to the PDFs].
- Access to a huge inventory of free Linux software [ie the Internet]
- 90 days e-mail installation technical support [ie we don't want you to call and talk to us, oh yeah and screw you that you may have hosed your system when ntfsresize failed and now you can't get online]
My wife's a doctor and when she started using a PDA Palm OS was the only one that Skyscape supported. I wonder if Palm is often thought of as the more "professional" of the two and so the Palm gets some job-oriented programs first?