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Can a Geek Love Xandros? Robert Storey investigates "Xandros also deserves kudos for superb hardware detection. And I have no complaints about its stability - I experienced no crashes, not even when running Microsoft Office. Even my hacks didn't succeed in destroying the system, though I bet if I'd tried hard enough, I could have made a real mess." (from Distrowatch) Desktop Distro Shootout Part 5 (final) - Xandros 2.0 Deluxe the fifth and final installment of a series on Debian-based commercial distros in a Small Office/Home Office (SOHO) environment (from OSNews) Steve's review of Xandros Desktop Standard 2.0 a short review of this distro (from DesktopOS) The Simple Life Xandros does Linux sans Tux, but the big question remains: Does being fast, easy, and astonishingly elegant buy it success on a down and dirty desktop? (from Open-Mag) Why I use Xandros Desktop 2.0 (User Review) What I like about Xandros is the level of integration and all its automatic configuration. If for some reason, I muck up my system, its a simple matter of popping in the original cd and I'm back up to 90% of my regular functionality in 30 minutes or so. I don't have to muck around with samba files or other obscure text files. In fact I have yet to even touch a text configuration file since I installed Xandros 2.0 over a week ago. This is the way Linux on the desktop is meant to be. (from DesktopOS) Xandros 2.0 - Standard Edition Overall, and more so for its targeted market, Xandros 2.0 is a very well thought out and put together distribution. That's not to say Xandros is perfect, or perfect for everyone, but it is an excellent place to start for people coming from Windows who want to use Linux and don't care about learning all the interworkings of the operating system. (from Linuxreview) Xandros 2.0 Business Edition Easy to install, all the applications you could need--Xandros Desktop 2.0 is a true corporate desktop distribution. (from Linux Journal) Xandros Business Edition 2.0 "Overall, this product is a good office solution, it has the most needed software in place and it works well as I experienced no crashes or any other malfunctions." (from OSNews) Xandros Deluxe 2.0 "The most striking thing about Xandros it that it doesn't really feel like you're using Linux, it feels like you're running an OS that just happens to run Linux (and many Windows) apps and shares some low level workings with Linux." (from OSNews) Xandros Desktop 2.0 Deluxe can replace Windows targeted towards current Microsoft Windows users, Apple Macintosh users and novice/new Linux users alike. Its goal is to introduce you to the Xandros Desktop Operating System Version 2.0 Deluxe boxed (from DesktopOS) XandrOS Desktop 2.0 Deluxe Edition "Xandros is not for linux experts or for those bleading edge linux junkies, if you update your system and or KDE to sarge you're going to break it. " (from Desktop-Linux) Xandros Desktop OS - v2 Deluxe Edition "Xandros Desktop OS v2 Deluxe Edition is ready for the home and office desktop. Highly recommended." (from Kickstartnews) Xandros Desktop OS 2.0 "But if you?re looking for a desktop client system that is free of the clunk, crash, and glitz of the Windows world, Xandros is worthy of your deepest consideration." (from Unixreview) Xandros Desktop OS 2.0 "Xandros has taken a cue from Lindows.com's Click-N-Run warehouse feature with the addition of Xandros Networks. This feature provides updated drivers, security updates and applications. All downloads from the service are free for registered users." (from eWEEK) Xandros OS 2.0 Deluxe "The Xandros distro is perfect for those who want to explore migrating from Windows to Linux while still retaining an excellent level of Windows compatibility. It also coexists nicely with an existing Windows installation." (from ExtremeTech) Xandros: Good Defaults but with Expandability Problems "Overall I give it 5 out of 10. Ok maybe that?s a little harsh. Great system overall but lousy support especially for anything outside of anything that Xandros has installed itself." (from OSNews) XandrosOS: User-friendly to a fault XandrosOS is a good-looking, Debian-based Linux distro designed to lure Windows XP users. It's exceptionally easy to install and use, has good hardware and peripheral detection and good multimedia support, offers Windows networking compatibility, saves one money -- and the desktop, a tweaked version of KDE, even looks like XP to boot. (The Register)
