xandros 1.0 desktop reviews | Watch This Item.

Have a picture of Xandros 1.0 Desktop?, please send it to us.

Average Ratings
Value for Money10/10
Overall rating10/10
100% Recommended2 out of 2 Reviews
Rate this item

2- Xandros 1.0 Desktop Reviews

  • Full review by
    John. Rank: Lance Corporal
    expert review Expert Review
    on 6th Nov 2002


    User Rating : 10
    Respect : +5

    Good Points: 20 minute total installation time. Debian (COREL Linux, actually) based. It. just. works.

    Bad Points: Needs upgrade to KDE 3. Limited functionality of Xandros Networks.

    General comments: Of the lastest Linux distros (Lindows, Lycoris, Libranet, ELX) aimed at Joe and Jane Average, Xandros 1.0 is the King of the Windows Killers. No other distro - including Libranet 2.7, my previous object of desire - comes close. And why not? Xandros is the brainchild of Ming Poon, the man behind COREL Linux. For those who remember (and love) the KDE-meets-Debian goodness of COREL, Xandros 1.0 Desktop is COREL on steroids, on fire and driving 100 miles an hour through a hospital zone pursued by ninjas and helicopters. Xandros takes an entire 20 minutes to install from the one CD and requires the user to do five things (2 of them are picking a password and picking a cool machine name). A 220 page user manual written in plain, straightforward English comes with the installation CD, as does a second CD with what is supposed to be KDE 3 but is actually unfinished and unsupported in my opinion. After installation, you'll find that the included Codeweavers Crossover software will run all of your Word, Excel, Outlook, etc. apps and files with nary a hitch. And if the abundance of apps bundled with Xandros don't please you, jump online and use either Xandros Networks or apt-get to download new software goodies. For me apt-get worked better than Xandros Networks since Networks is online basically to gather feedback from users. A minor niggling point, folks. Xandros works right out of the box. It's quick, easy, fun and destined for greatness. There isn't a Windows user on the planet who can't install and happily live with Xandros. Massive cool.
    John.'s review and ratings
    | 278 words | 1 comment added.

  • Review by
    Brian Masinick. Rank: Lance Corporal
    on 5th Nov 2002


    User Rating : 10
    Respect : +2

    I noted that Xandros does not contain the latest desktop software (it uses a heavily customized version of KDE 2.2.2) and it has a limited amount of software included. Both of these attributes are choices by the vendor, choices intended to ensure software stability and ease of use, choices that the vendor chose in the interests of creating a very usable and stable desktop software platform. I believe that Xandros has succeeded in meeting their objectives, for they do, indeed, have a very s ...
    Brian Masinick.'s full review
    | 184 words


Xandros 1.0 Desktop Web Sites



Web Results
Linux Desktop and Server Operating Systems
Xandros creates Linux operating systems available for home, business and education use. Get a live Linux OS, Linux distribution download, or ...

www.xandros.com
Desktop Linux Blowout! - Xandros Desktop 1.0: Another Winning Debian ...
October 28, 2002 Xandros Desktop 1.0: Another Winning Debian Distro By Jim Lynch ... distros continues with Xandros Desktop.

www.extremetech.com
Xandros 1.0 Desktop Review - Operating Systems. Review of 13480
Xandros 1.0 Desktop in Operating Systems / Computer Software reviews at Review Centre...

www.reviewcentre.com
Xandros 1.0 Desktop Review in Operating Systems at Review Centre
Read Trusted and Unbiased reviews of Xandros 1.0 Desktop in Operating Systems Compare Xandros 1.0 Desktop in Computer Software at Review Centre.

www.reviewcentre.com
DistroWatch.com: Put the fun back into computing. Use Linux, BSD.
... cdrom.1 xandros2.0 main contrib non-free In other words, it would use Xandros disk 2 ... copy of Xandros Desktop 2.0 Deluxe was kindly ...

www.distrowatch.com
Review of Xandros Desktop 1.0
... office suite is OpenOffice 1.0.1. The tool I was interested in was Crossover ... I'm interested to see what's next for the Xandros Desktop.

www.osnews.com
Review of Xandros Desktop 1.0
... from Xandros Inc., Xandros Desktop 1.0, is the descendent of the excellent Corel Linux (Corel 2.0?). Read more ...

wwww.gnomefiles.org
Win a Free Xandros Desktop 1.0 Copy> Comments
Xandros Desktop sets a new standard for Linux based desktop operating systems by delivering an environment and set of applications that allow you to

osnews.com
Review of Xandros Desktop 1.0> Comments
I'm not going for Xandros 1.0; If you can wait, wait for 2.0; ... my expensive Xandros"experience": 1) When Xandros releases something, ...

osnews.com
Win a Free Xandros Desktop 1.0 Copy
Xandros Desktop sets a new standard for Linux based desktop operating systems by delivering an environment ... the context of a desktop ...

newmobilecomputing.com
Resources