rapa
05-24-2006, 06:30 PM
Sorry, Linspire and Xandros, we didn't know that you are Number 1 Linux Desktops ;-)
An updated version of Linux XP was released on December 21 and since then I had been waiting for an English release. There was an English directory on the mirror, so I thought one would be forthcoming. I gave up. I downloaded the Russian version and was able to get it to display in English with a few mouse clicks. So don't let the fact it's a Russian distro throw you off. Test it out anyway... if you want a distro that is based on Fedora/Redhat, comes with a 2.6.10 kernel, Xorg 6.8.1, and gnome 2.12, yet looks remarkably like KDE meets Windows.
Linux XP Professional Edition is described as "a universal and secure operating system for Russian speakers designed for home and business use. It is based on freely available sources from Red Hat Linux and Fedora Core."
The installer is anancoda. As Linux XP is based on Redhat, this is expected. It's not really dressed up very much, although the in-flight slide-show was customized for Linux XP. I couldn't read much of it other than the occasional "Linux XP" or "Red Hat", but it was interesting. I could make out that a lot of it was advertising, and some were an introduction to the system through a few screenshots. The installer is a simplified version I do believe, it asks very few questions. I recall a chance to set up partitions and it asking for a root password, but that was about it. That was enough really. ...if you don't mind running as root. (or setting up your own user after initial boot). There was no network config and after boot, it couldn't bring up the network and then I realized, "hey, there's no nic in that machine!" No wonder... <pause to install nic>.
OK, back to your regularly scheduled review:
As stated, the desktop under English looks very Windows like, but we expected that given the chosen name of the distro: LinuxXP. But it looks more like windows 95/98 than XP. However, they've added a nice theme that makes the widgets kinda 3D and a nice start button. The icons are a bit ...yuk, but after you change the Language, they are of little consequence. more>> (http://207.210.78.133/node/4207)
[Linux XP Website (http://www.linux-xp.ru)]
[Linux XP Website english (http://www.linux-xp.com)]
http://www.tuxmachines.org/gallery/albums/linuxxp/desktop.sized.jpg
http://www.tuxmachines.org/gallery/albums/linuxxp/users.sized.jpg
http://www.tuxmachines.org/gallery/albums/linuxxp/menu1.sized.jpg
http://www.tuxmachines.org/gallery/albums/linuxxp/graphics.sized.jpg
http://www.tuxmachines.org/gallery/albums/linuxxp/firefox.sized.jpg
http://www.linux-online.ru/upload/iblock/0be1fd98c35a0af2bcf36adcb07b3156.png
An updated version of Linux XP was released on December 21 and since then I had been waiting for an English release. There was an English directory on the mirror, so I thought one would be forthcoming. I gave up. I downloaded the Russian version and was able to get it to display in English with a few mouse clicks. So don't let the fact it's a Russian distro throw you off. Test it out anyway... if you want a distro that is based on Fedora/Redhat, comes with a 2.6.10 kernel, Xorg 6.8.1, and gnome 2.12, yet looks remarkably like KDE meets Windows.
Linux XP Professional Edition is described as "a universal and secure operating system for Russian speakers designed for home and business use. It is based on freely available sources from Red Hat Linux and Fedora Core."
The installer is anancoda. As Linux XP is based on Redhat, this is expected. It's not really dressed up very much, although the in-flight slide-show was customized for Linux XP. I couldn't read much of it other than the occasional "Linux XP" or "Red Hat", but it was interesting. I could make out that a lot of it was advertising, and some were an introduction to the system through a few screenshots. The installer is a simplified version I do believe, it asks very few questions. I recall a chance to set up partitions and it asking for a root password, but that was about it. That was enough really. ...if you don't mind running as root. (or setting up your own user after initial boot). There was no network config and after boot, it couldn't bring up the network and then I realized, "hey, there's no nic in that machine!" No wonder... <pause to install nic>.
OK, back to your regularly scheduled review:
As stated, the desktop under English looks very Windows like, but we expected that given the chosen name of the distro: LinuxXP. But it looks more like windows 95/98 than XP. However, they've added a nice theme that makes the widgets kinda 3D and a nice start button. The icons are a bit ...yuk, but after you change the Language, they are of little consequence. more>> (http://207.210.78.133/node/4207)
[Linux XP Website (http://www.linux-xp.ru)]
[Linux XP Website english (http://www.linux-xp.com)]
http://www.tuxmachines.org/gallery/albums/linuxxp/desktop.sized.jpg
http://www.tuxmachines.org/gallery/albums/linuxxp/users.sized.jpg
http://www.tuxmachines.org/gallery/albums/linuxxp/menu1.sized.jpg
http://www.tuxmachines.org/gallery/albums/linuxxp/graphics.sized.jpg
http://www.tuxmachines.org/gallery/albums/linuxxp/firefox.sized.jpg
http://www.linux-online.ru/upload/iblock/0be1fd98c35a0af2bcf36adcb07b3156.png