These days, the big players in the Linux "purely-desktop market" are Lycoris, Lindows, ELX and the much awaited Xandros Desktop 1.0. OSNews got their hands to the latest version of Xandros
(beta3b) and we are giving it a whirl. Read more for information and screenshots.
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"Of course, a distro's worth is all about how it looks, who cares if it actually functions. We all know that pretty icons make for a great OS right? lol "
Of course pretty icons does not make a functional OS, but a good looking interface DOES matter to a lot of people who have to stare at it all day. Hell, the default GTK skin is enough to make me want to avoid it like the plague
PS - IMHO, it doesn't look THAT bad ... for a Linux distro anyway Hell, I kind of dig the file manager.
"Of course, a distro's worth is all about how it looks, who cares if it actually functions. We all know that pretty icons make for a great OS right? lol
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Hell, I kind of dig the file manager.
Of course pretty icons does not make a functional OS, but a good looking interface DOES matter to a lot of people who have to stare at it all day. Hell, the default GTK skin is enough to make me want to avoid it like the plague
PS - IMHO, it doesn't look THAT bad ... for a Linux distro anyway