EnabledPeople, the company that is working on the Linux XP distribution, has screenshots of their newest product for integrating GNOME with Active Directory. There is an overview article 'Linux Integration Service for Active Directory' and another article 'Why Windows 2003 Is the Best Server for Linux', describing how it works. Meanwhile, Novell has gotten Evolution 2.8 working with Exchange Server 2003.
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Member since:2006-01-14
It definitely could give one the "heebie-jeebie's".
But, when I think back to why I moved away from Windows (not 100% void of Windows, but close), I think about issues like:
o too intrusive (eg. balloon pop-ups)
o hidden files/data (eg. regitry)
o takes too many liberties (eg. AOL shortcuts on my desktop)
o stupid defaults (eg. hide file extensions)
Microsoft didn't run me off because it was a bad OS, ugly or costly. I don't mind paying for quality software that I'm going to get my money's worth out of. I just don't like an OS forcing me to do things their way.
So, what does that have to do with this thread? Well, I don't think emulating Window's good qualities is bad, as long as you can avoid their annoyances.
And, where did this distro come from anyway? It's really gotten no publicity.
Member since:2005-07-18
And, where did this distro come from anyway?
I missed them too, but DistroWatch announced them a month and a half ago.
http://distrowatch.com/index.php?distribution=linuxxp&month=all&yea...
o too intrusive (eg. balloon pop-ups)
...
o stupid defaults (eg. hide file extensions)
Excellent! I carefully itemized the things I don't like about Windows, but I missed those two.
http://jackson.io/linux/windows_explanation.html
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2005-10-02
I have a hard time telling what to do when I look at those screenshots. I don't know whether to laugh or cry or just being plain angry.
OTOH, Linux XP is not a bad idea. And some of the wizards and preferences from Windows are better than the equaivalents in Gnome - or simply plain missing.
But still - eek...
EDIT: Fixed typo
Edited 2006-11-07 22:16