Linux XP

lightsycle · 06-26-2007, 11:40 AM

Had anyone tried that new Linux XP? I read that it is supposed to let you install windows programs, but it also has a lot of bugs.

b0uncer · 06-26-2007, 11:44 AM

I thought it started out as an XP-like desktop environment or something only..well, it seems like a separate distribution. Wine, maybe? Surely nothing other distributions don't offer, except for an outlook that freaks you out

easuter · 06-26-2007, 11:46 AM

Basicaly its a distro that tries to look/work like MS windows as much as possible, with an additional layer of proprietary crap thats owned by the company that produces the distro.
The part "that it is supposed to let you install windows programs" is achieved with Wine, so its nothing that can't be done in another distro.

Its probably as much of an abortion as Alinux is...

lightsycle · 06-26-2007, 11:49 AM

According to the web site "http://www.linux-xp.com/" u can install windows progs on it, but I read someone's comments on it and they said it had issus. just wanted to see if anyone had tried it yet.

lightsycle · 06-26-2007, 11:53 AM

yeah, I'm just getting back into linux, and I recently installed wine on my fresh SUSE, haven't learned how to use it yet. Having satellite internet doesn't help much either. Dial up is more reliable, and faster at times...don't ever get it.

AceofSpades19 · 06-27-2007, 02:29 PM

why is there so many distros now that have so much proprietary crap, like freespire and linspire, its not even really linux.

2damncommon · 06-27-2007, 09:38 PM

When I tried Linux XP a while back it had a bizarre licensing scheme and the updater did not work too well. I could tell someone had put some work into it but in a strange direction AFAIC.
Check codeweavers if you want to run Windows programs on Linux. Also WINE if you realize it is more do-it-yourself.
My take is that their sales pitch is geared to make Windows users part with their money by presenting Linux as Windows.

lightsycle · 06-28-2007, 09:16 AM

They actuallywant you to pay for crossover. just nother way to get money out of us. I have installed wine, I think, haven't learned how to use it yet. I'm all about some free stuff. I would absolutely love to be windows free, if only I could have all of my software. Maybe it is just a matter of finding the linux equivelant...
Does anyone know if openSUSE supports dual processors OTB?

b0uncer · 06-28-2007, 09:21 AM

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why is there so many distros now that have so much proprietary crap, like freespire and linspire, its not even really linux.

"Linux" means just the kernel. A pack with Linux and software can be called "a distribution", but plain "Linux" means just the kernel. If Linspire etc. use Linux kernel, they're Linux distributions (but not "Linuxes") whatsoever.

Using wine is basically installing it and running

Code:

wine programname.exe

or if the desktop environment is configured to, you can simply click on an exe file to have wine run it. In case configuration is needed, there's winecfg.