Linked by Phil Hall on Thu 5th Dec 2002 00:35 UTC
I'm a long-time Windows user, but for years I've been searching for an intelligent alternative. Macs are actually a great choice, but have you priced them lately? I don't have two grand to spend for another system. I had been reading all the hoopla surrounding Xandros Desktop for a number of months and decided to take the plunge. I had been burned two times previously trying to install other Linux distributions. Their tech support was non-existent. I'm essentially working in a vacuum. When something has gone wrong in the past, I've found that I was on my own. 
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BTW, alt-tab works in KDE (Mandrake 9.0) also--maybe that a KDE function. But not the Windows key.
I'm very interested in Xandros, I certainly don't have any problem with the price considering it includes both Crossover plugin and office. But I do have a couple of questions.
I've heard there might be some security issues. I think Lindows runs everything from root to make it easier for the user, but less secure. Is Xandros doing this?
And will you be able to get updates for free or will they start charging for a click and run like system as Lindows has? That, IMHO is going to kill Lindows before they get started and they plan to up the price of click and run from $99 to $199/year.
If you've already got Crossover and/or your looking at one of the free download versions, I sugest checking out Mandrake 9.0. I've been using Mandrake since 8.0 and this version is supurb. And you do have an advantage in that many times programs are precompiled for Mandrake and Red Hat in the .rpm format.