____/ The Ghost In The Machine on Wednesday 26 September 2007 00:51 : \____
> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote
> on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 20:38:56 +0100
> <1206814.RMujrRaSjI@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> No news in the Web site yet... http://www.tapioneer.com/
>>
>> Forget vista! Get Vixta.
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | "Vixta.org is a Fedora-based Linux distribution designed to be
>> | user-friendly and eye-catching, similar in look and feel to Windows Vista.
>> | Trying to bring linux to the "masses", not just sysadmins".
>> `----
>>
>> http://gurupedia.blogspot.com/2007/09/forget-vista-get-vixta.html
>>
>> Many screenshots on the page. It looks like Vista,
>
> Hmm...I seem to recall a bit of a fracas regarding Lindows.
> Wonder what Microsoft will do *this* time...and if Vixta
> will have more backbone than Linspire did.
>
> The screenshots are slightly pointless, mostly because
> the background dominates (it is a pretty background,
> to be sure, especially if one likes green plants with
> blue flowers). However, it's clear that the basics are
> there; if one absolutely loves that searchable menu (I'm
> not thrilled with it) Vixta has it, along with a clock and
> a slightly buggy calendar (the highlighting of the "17"
> and the "21" is a little off -- compared to Vista's bug
> reports, that's extremely minor, but it *is* noticeable).
> The KDE logo is clearly visible. Compatibility with
> Windows applications remains a question mark -- but then,
> Vista has a far bigger question mark in that area. At least
> with Wine, Cedega, and Crossover Office available, one has
> a fighting chance.
>
> Could use a little more meat...but once Vixta is out there,
> one could put up screenshots from KOffice or OpenOffice at
> www.vixta.org easily enough. The website is showing some
> signs of strain; apparently the distro is quite popular.
I think it's a bit different from Linspire because Linspire had a wealthy
founder and an actual company behind it. By the way, Freespire 2.0.4 (IIRC)
was released a few days ago, but I no longer post much Linspire and Xandros
news here. They are traitors (the software equiv. of treason) and they will
gradually run out of business. Microsoft paid them many millions to choose
this route.
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