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From: Aragorn on 4 Jul 2010 11:23 On Sunday 04 July 2010 15:55 in alt.os.linux, somebody identifying as ray wrote... > I really think you'd have a much better experience with a more > 'mainline' distribution. > > Since you've decided it's best to confuse your students by presenting > them with Linux that looks like MS - have you tried xpde (xp desktop > environment)? I've not looked at that for some time, but not too long > ago it was available to install on most distributions. From the screenshots I've seen, LXDE also looks very much like Windows, and distro-wise, there's of course always Linspire, if that's what the OP wants. I advise against it, but he doesn't seem to care much about that advice... :-/ -- *Aragorn* (registered GNU/Linux user #223157)
From: ray on 4 Jul 2010 15:33 On Sun, 04 Jul 2010 17:23:55 +0200, Aragorn wrote: > On Sunday 04 July 2010 15:55 in alt.os.linux, somebody identifying as > ray wrote... > >> I really think you'd have a much better experience with a more >> 'mainline' distribution. >> >> Since you've decided it's best to confuse your students by presenting >> them with Linux that looks like MS - have you tried xpde (xp desktop >> environment)? I've not looked at that for some time, but not too long >> ago it was available to install on most distributions. > > From the screenshots I've seen, LXDE also looks very much like Windows, > and distro-wise, there's of course always Linspire, if that's what the > OP wants. I advise against it, but he doesn't seem to care much about > that advice... :-/ Is linspire still alive?
From: Aragorn on 4 Jul 2010 17:35 On Sunday 04 July 2010 21:33 in alt.os.linux, somebody identifying as ray wrote... > On Sun, 04 Jul 2010 17:23:55 +0200, Aragorn wrote: > >> On Sunday 04 July 2010 15:55 in alt.os.linux, somebody identifying as >> ray wrote... >> >>> I really think you'd have a much better experience with a more >>> 'mainline' distribution. >>> >>> Since you've decided it's best to confuse your students by >>> presenting them with Linux that looks like MS - have you tried xpde >>> (xp desktop environment)? I've not looked at that for some time, but >>> not too long ago it was available to install on most distributions. >> >> From the screenshots I've seen, LXDE also looks very much like >> Windows, and distro-wise, there's of course always Linspire, if >> that's what the OP wants. I advise against it, but he doesn't seem >> to care much about that advice... :-/ > > Is linspire still alive? It would appear that Linspire was acquired by Xandros and is now being distributed under the name Xandros Desktop. I was not aware of this, but then again, I've never cared too much for Linspire, given that it was a Windows wannabe. :-) -- *Aragorn* (registered GNU/Linux user #223157)
From: J G Miller on 4 Jul 2010 18:00 On Sun, 04 Jul 2010 23:35:24 +0200, Aragorn wrote: > but then again, I've never cared too much for Linspire, given that it > was a Windows wannabe. :-) Am I getting confused with another distribution, or was it Linspire who actually charged for downloading software packages using their so called "click and run service". Ah, yes it was. QUOTE It required a paid membership of $49.95 to use the service. UNQUOTE
From: Aragorn on 4 Jul 2010 18:37
On Monday 05 July 2010 00:00 in alt.os.linux, somebody identifying as J G Miller wrote... > On Sun, 04 Jul 2010 23:35:24 +0200, Aragorn wrote: > >> but then again, I've never cared too much for Linspire, given that it >> was a Windows wannabe. :-) > > Am I getting confused with another distribution, or was it Linspire > who actually charged for downloading software packages using > their so called "click and run service". > > Ah, yes it was. > > QUOTE > > It required a paid membership of $49.95 to use the service. > > UNQUOTE Somewhat reminiscent of Caldera Systems, after they had acquired Santa Cruz Operations and subsequently changed their name to The SCO Group. :p And well, we've seen what happened to them. They needed Microsoft funding - both directly (once) and via sock puppet companies (twice) - to keep them alive long enough to sue all the major GNU/Linux and UNIX vendors. :-) -- *Aragorn* (registered GNU/Linux user #223157) |