[plug] Xandros Desktop

[Bruno Cristovao]

Hi Kev,

Excellent info and review, well you have inspired me to make the move 
and start experimenting with another OS desktop etc and delve into the 
linux world. i am hoping to catch up with plug members at the new 
Shenton Park  location, at least now that I am a member I will be 
allowed in. As a newbie I will observe the action and ask some questions 
i have on my mind.

Cheers

Bruno

Kev wrote:

>
> Bruno Cristovao wrote:
>
>> San Francisco LinuxWorld Conference and Expo 2005
>>
>> Xandros Desktop was chosen as the 'Best Desktop/Productivity/Business 
>> Application' in LinuxWorld's Product Excellence Awards.
>>
>> Any thoughts on the Xandros Desktop solution? Anyone using it?
>
>
> Yep, I use it.  I currently have Xandros Desktop Deluxe v3, running 
> the 2.6.11 kernel.  I STRONGLY recommend it as the very best newbies 
> distro, even with respect to Linspire.  As far as I'm concerned, as a 
> beginner, it's a pleasant surprise amongst the mayriad consolation 
> prizes which, collectively, are Linux.  I played with the free version 
> for a month or so and liked it so much I bought the full one.  (Navada 
> in Osborne Pk sell it - $114.40 for the Deluxe desktop version - 
> including a 350 page printed/bound manual.)
>
> Linspire is perhaps marginally more developed than Xandros, but they 
> lock you tighter into their own package format and mnagement than do 
> Xandros.  Xandros will give a newbie a pleasant and mostly trouble 
> free desktop computing experience.  It co-exists happilly with other 
> OSs, including Wintendo, OS/2 and other *nixes.
>
> Xandros has given me the easy lead in to Linux, but still allows me 
> some measure of freedom amongst the 1,000s of Linux apps out there 
> which I can try.  *Almost* anything with a .DEB extension will run on 
> Xandros. I have brought myself thoroughly undone 3 or 4 times so far 
> over the past 8 mths, with .DEBs which didn't quite work on Xandros.  
> My biggest problem there is having a 1.5meg ADSL acct with unlimited 
> downloads (DANGER, WILL SMITH, DANGER!!)  I've tried out 100s (or even 
> 1000s) of apps, so I expect some problems.  One day I'll learn to 
> compile my own, but for now Xandros gives all I want/need.
>
> At least 1 other PLUGger uses it (the registered version) that I know of.
>
> Cheers
> Kev