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14 December 2009 3 Comments

Written by rak.cea

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Xange! … it’s all about will!


Afraid that you might get lost in the ‘confusing’ world of linux, if you were to switch to it? Well worry no more. For here is a Fedora and KDE based distro called Xange. Its also popularly known as Vixta, because of the similarity in its GUI with Microsoft’s Windows Vista.based distro called Xange.

Its also popularly known as Vixta, because of the similarity in its GUI with Microsoft’s Windows Vista.Its a popular conception that Linux distros are meant only for the Geeks and coding gurus. However dsitros like Ubuntu have proved that just a little knowledge of operating a computer is enough to use systems like these. However still people are shy to make the switch.

The main reason being that they just can’t get around the system with its ‘different’ interface. With Xange, the equation changes totally. The GUI is almost similar to that of Windows Vista. In fact you can see the demo in the video right below:

The current version of the distro is called Xange 2009.09. Its been designed for netbooks, laptops, desktops and servers. According to their official website, the following applications are included in the default distro:

  • Firefox 3.5.1 Web Browser
  • Open Office 3.1 Tools and VLC Multimedia Player
  • Java, Adobe 9 and Google Gadgets
  • Instant messaging with Skype and aMSN
  • Inkscape, Scribus and GIMP 2.6

Goals

According to the developer’s website, Simplis has six goals

  • Absolutely free, in just about every sense.
  • Spread Linux to the “masses”.
  • ABN – Absolutely No Config.
  • User-friendly.
  • Eye-catching.
  • Familiar look and feel.

Xange 2010 - Beta

The Xange team are proud to anounce the release of Xange 2010 – Alpha, which is now only in Beta verison state

You can download it from sourceforge.net, by click ing on this link: Download

For more screenshots, please click here.

Official site of Xange : http://xange.serdigital.com

Few screenshots:

So its time to move on to linux distros rather than paying big money to windows for CD/DVD.The Google’s OS “Chrome OS” will be another

Linux distro to focus only on to improve internet experience to the users.It will bootup in less than 7secs and they are working on it to reduce

boot time to 3sec.Now Linux community’s turn.

Be a part of Open source…share ur knowledge and experience the  difference in Linux !!!!

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3 Comments »

  • fayas
    fayas said:

    so we can xpect linux overtaking windows in the near future itself.btw u havnt mentioned about the driver availability.

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  • 3tcs_11
    3tcs_11 said:

    excellent review
    so thers no future for windows os’s :P

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  • rak.cea
    rak.cea (author) said:

    @fayas :
    Did u read tht full
    ABN – Absolutely No Config
    Now dayz all linux version are preloaded with 1000’s of device drivers including LAN,Audio,Video etc…
    So forget abt the driver problems and enjoy the power of linux..

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