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I currently use xfce[1] with docky[2] and it feels pretty good. Probably not as polished but I know it's stable. There were other distros in the past trying to
by buckbova 10y ago
I currently use xfce[1] with docky[2] and it feels pretty good. Probably not as polished but I know it's stable.
There were other distros in the past trying to copy macOS, pear os[3] was one of them.
I remember Lindows[4] trying to market itself as a windows replacement. I can't believe they got sued and actually lost[5]! Xandros[6] was also in this space. They probably went BK.
Every year is the year of Linux for the desktop but it's really not possible to capture this market. It'll have to come from someone like google. Why couldn't chrome os have been a legit linux distro instead of trying for a niche netbook market with a locked down OS?
[1] http://xfce.org/ http://xfce.org/
[2] http://wiki.go-docky.com/index.php?title=Welcome_to_the_Docky_wiki http://wiki.go-docky.com/index.php?title=Welcome_to_the_Dock...
[3] http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=pear http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=pear
[4] http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=linspire http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=linspire
[5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Corp._v._Lindows.com,_Inc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Corp._v._Lindows.com....
[6] http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=xandros http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=xandros
- cooper12 10y agoWait from the article on Windows, it actually claims the opposite, saying that the court rejected Microsoft's claims and that it later settled with Lindows, paying for their trademark.
- buckbova 10y agoYou're totally right. I guess I just mis-remembered it expecting the name change meant they lost.