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Xandros Desktop Home Edition Premium V4 | 
 enlarge | From: CSDC
Category: Software
List Price: $69.99
Buy New: $49.99
You Save: $20.00 (29%)
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Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 6485
Format: Cd-rom
Platform: Linux
Media: CD-ROM
Operating System: Linux
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 9.7 x 7.6 x 1.7
MPN: 894732000120
Model: DSKD400NAEN
UPC: 894732000120
EAN: 0894732000120
ASIN: B000GA5MK2
Release Date: June 26, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | No Linux experience or technical knowledge required; fun and easy to use | | • | Complete desktop operating system with secure Linux platform | | • | Security Suite eliminates viruses, spyware, and other security threats | | • | Browse the Web, e-mail friends, IM, chat, and make Internet phone calls | | • | Download and edit photos; create albums to print or post to the Web |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
XANDROS DESKTOP HOME EDITION PREMIUM (LINUX)
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| Customer Reviews: Read 5 more reviews...
 V4 Really Works August 5, 2007
This is the first time I can say a Linux distribution is really working for me. I am not a technical person, just looking for a solid OS that is less costly and more secure than the Microsoft product. I have used (and abandoned) V3 along with other Linux setups because of hardware detection hassles and complexity for the other users in my household.
V4 loads easily, recognizes my devices quickly, has integrated easily into the MS based home network and has a user interface that allows my wife and kids to use it without a lot of retraining. I am especially impressed with the improvement in wireless networking. V4 immediately recognized my adapter and network and just worked.
A terrific improvement. If you're not interested in learning to recompile your kernel, just in using your computer easily, this is for you. Goodbye XP. And Vista? Forget it.
GOOD ALTERNATIVE TO WINDOWS July 13, 2007
Installing this os is easy. I set it up to dual boot with windows xp
no problems at all. it reconized all my hardware. I like it better than xp
because you have more control over everything! it does require some knowlidge of
linux, (but windows requires some knowlidge of windows) xandros website has a lot
of info in there user forums if you do have any problems. if you don't like vista
try this distro! its worth the $60 or so with all the software they include.
 Xandros Linux Version 4 for Windows Refugees May 31, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I bought Xandros because it is marketed as friendly for Windows-dependent users and I want to wean my wife from her dependency on Windows. Why spend money when Ubuntu linux and SUSE 10.2 Open Source are available for free? The answer is support and quality of provided documentation, along with ease of use and ease of installation.
BOTTOM LINE: Xandros is worth the money because of the ease of use and service provided. If you are less afraid of new territory, get one of the free distributions, such as Ubuntu, SUSE, etc.
For the record, I have played with Red Hat (Version 8), Mandrake (now Mandriva), Lindows (now Linspire), Ubuntu, Xubuntu, Debian, and SUSE 10.1. I still use Micro$oft Windows XP on a couple machines. I am running SUSE 10.1 on one machine, Ubuntu on another, Xubuntu on an older machine and am now running Xandros on main-linux-host. We have a hard wired LAN in the house.
Xandros installed painlessly and recognized my LCD monitor, where SUSE 10.2 would not configure X-Windows at all. Xandros installed my network printers absolutely painlessly.
Support is available only by email / web. However, the quality has been excellent.
I do have one gripe about the product. Xandros version 3 provided support for web hosting. Xandros Version 4 doesn't. They want you to spend over $400 and buy their server edition. Given that Apache (web hosting software) is available online for free and given that Debian, SUSE, and Ubuntu all come with Apache as standard, the decision to not support Apache with Xandros Version 4 seems wrong, in my not-so-humble opinion.
The installation of Apache under Xandros Version 4 has gone well, but you need to be a pretty serious geek to do it.
The Xandros people renamed a lot of programs available under Linux, to make the programs friendlier to Windows refugees. I think that was a dumb decision, but the programs are there.
Xandros comes with a program, Crossover Windows, to allow one to run some Micro$oft programs under Xandros. For a limited set of programs, it works well. For programs written to run under Windows, but not specifically crossed-over by Xandros, I've had limited success.
Updates and antivirus: Updates are painless and automatic. Xandros is one of the few Linux distributions to come with an antivirus package automatically installed. I'm not sure you need it, but it's there.
The desktop is painless to use. They avoid the Ubuntu mistake of not having a Superuser or Administrator log-in, so some functions are easier to use even than Ubuntu. If you want hand-holding and want to try Linux, buy this product. If you are not afraid to venture on your own, get the free version of Ubuntu, or SUSE, or Debian and buy one of the books. (Amazon also sells the excellent official book for Ubuntu.) You can also buy computers with a version of Linux already installed for you. Dell has partnered with Canonical to make Ubuntu available, and there are also versions of SUSE available.
Xandros Desktop Home Edition Premium V4 March 17, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
It installed easy and found my wifi driver, which is fairly new.
I find the response is better than Microsoft 2000 Pro. OS
It did not find my DELL 120 printer driver, which is really a Lexmark 610.
All things said I will not miss the "Blue Screen of Death.
 Very Disappointed February 6, 2007
2 out of 6 found this review helpful
I've done about five installations of this product, all on the exact same hardware setup, and each time there are different applications that don't work. On one, the printer interface is broken, on another Xine crashes at startup, and on another the openGL screen savers don't work.... This has nothing to do with hardware compatibility or sacrificing your Windows applications. You have to do that on Mac OS X too. That doesn't make it a bad operating system. But bugs like this do. If you have a good operating system, people are willing to buy the compatible hardware and learn new applications. Mac has proven that. And once the OS has been proven, the hardware and software applications will follow. But Linux stalwarts don't want commercial applications anyways, because they're the enemy. It's more a religion than an OS. Why can't Linux developers learn that stability is more important than features. What good are features if they don't work. People say it's free software, so you can't expect too much. But Xandros isn't free. But it is a waste of money. I don't see a future for Linux on the desktop. The latest release from Novell was disappointing to say the least. With Mac running on x86 hardware now, Linux will probably see a decline. If OS X were released for generic x86 hardware, the pool of potential Linux crossover desktop users would be nearly wiped out. My advice is not to waste your time or money. Linux can be fun to play with, but I doubt it has a future on the desktop. Xandros will probably flop in a couple years, and I guess that Novell will either find a new platform, or divert their attention away from the desktop entirely. Read the fine print of the ads: This product has all these really cool features (some of which may or may not work). How stupid is that. I'm not even a Mac user, but I will probably be soon.
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