[oclug] Xandros.

[Justin Wheeler]

 	Since I first signed onto this list, I've seen a large number of 
people advocating Fedora's use.  Personally, as I've alluded to before, I 
don't, and never have used it.

 	I'm curious though, if anyone on this list is an advocate of 
Xandros.  I know it's a local company, and maybe plugging a local company 
might seem like a bit of a conflict of interest based on who the 
statements are coming from; still, I find that it's the easiest distro for 
a linux 'newbie' to use.

 	I have put Xandros on my girlfriend's computer, as well as on my 
laptop (since both her and I use it), and she had no problem at all 
getting it working to her needs.  Making it support my wireless NICs was a 
bit of a pain, but that's likely not a distro problem, since the cards are 
cheap junk, and not supported (well) by Linux in the first place.

 	If someone new comes along and says, "hey, what's this linux thing 
I keep hearing about?" I give them Xandros.  More often than not, they're 
very impressed, and happy with it.

 	And if the argument is that it's pay software, I'm sure you're all 
aware of Xandros' free circulation edition.  Or maybe the argument has to 
do with the fact that it's built upon what was once Corel Linux?

 	Perhaps I'm just missing the boat, and you all think Fedora is 
just better than both of them?

 	On a side note, I am personally a debian zealot, and for fear of 
starting a flamewar, I'll simply say I very much dislike redhat and 
mandrake, and leave it at that. :D

 	Just looking for some insight.

Regards,
Justin Wheeler

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