Brett Parker wrote:
Graham Trott gt@pobox.com wrote:
While randomly browsing I came across Xandros, with rave reviews. Anyone tried it?
Er yes. What he said.
Edited highlights:
Xandros is debian based, uses apt tools, plus a graphical apt called Xandros Update. Also has (in it's more expensive form) Crossover office bundled. Both aged parents liked it and got on well with it, despite being non-linux or even non-computer people. Other people i know have since tried it on my laptop and got on well with it. It has a cunning feature not mentioned in the previous email which is it's ability to do WinXP-style fast use switching, which essentially seems to involve it kicking of a new instance of X on a spare virtual terminal while still leaving the original use logged in with her session optionally locked. Quite useful, so it is.
for the full whammy, read the link that Brett posted.
cheers, don't ya know.
John.