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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I am grateful that you did a review of your experiences with Xandros from the perspective of a new user. I think Linux is a great OS, but it could use some polish. Functionally it does everything I want it to, but there are those little things every now and then that can frustrate new users (as you pointed out). Making these things known is important I think.
You give our whiny lives meaning. 
Having written an article on OSNews before too, I know that no matter the amount of thought and effort you put into an article, people are always going to question why you chose to do it one way vs. another, or why you left such and such out, or some other critisism. They don't understand that you can't possibly do a full mental dump of all your knowledge into one 5 page document. I hope you don't let any of it bother you. Without people like you writing articles, there wouldn't be a place for all the critics and complainers to congregate.
I enjoyed your article a lot and hope you do more. Thanks for your efforts.