[plug] Xandros OS

[Shayne O'Neill]

Yes. Xandros is marvelous.

Its a custom tweaked debian that fits together really tightly. Its kde
based, and the gnome/other apps are tweaked to take advantage of KDE (Ie,
mozilla and Open Office default to k-printer, etc). You might be slightly
disturbed by some of the windows-isms in it, but basically whats happening
is xandros succeeds where lycoris/lindows/etc fail... ie its not retarded.

The crossover office integration is only in the pay-for version, so wont
be on the cover. I'm told it works beautifully, giving a true windows
alternative.

I'm moving back to it, because its as easy to install as knoppix (the
autodetection is fab) and not as gonzo as knoppix.

Give it to yer mother.

--
"the vast majority of Iraqis want to live in a peaceful, free world. And
we will find these people and we will bring them to justice."
George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., Oct. 27, 2003

Shayne O'Neill. http://www.perthimc.asn.au

On Mon, 26 Jul 2004, Joel Johnson wrote:

> Just noticed that the latest Australian Developer mag has a copy of Xandros Desktop OS on the cover CD and was wondering if anyone has had a play with Xandros in the past and what they thought of it?
>
> Regards
>
> Joel