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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 6578
Format: Cd-rom
Platform: Linux
Media: CD-ROM
Operating System: Linux
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.5 x 1.6
MPN: dskb400naen-m
Model: DSKB400NAEN-M
UPC: 894732000397
EAN: 0894732000397
ASIN: B000NLFR0E
Release Date: January 8, 2007
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 If you like problems buy it, if not stick to Windows or MAC March 10, 2008
T. Bomstad (Flat Lands of Kansas)
I purchased this as a replacement for 98se and it installed well, but that is about all I can say for it. Functionally works nice for the Internet most of the time although problems with the system make for troublesome anoyances like crashes - just like 98se. Yah, I know some of the reviews say this is a stable system but out of the box its not even close. Applications don't always open and can crash without warning. If the screen saver activates sometimes the only way to get the system to work again is to re-boot.
The there in the lack of hardware compatability. If your printer is ten years old and made by HP you have a chance it will work. If it is a current model and you want to print images you can just forget it since software for this distro is practiclly non-existant. Beyond basic text printing, I wish you luck.
As for software? It does comes with a decent office program as well as a suposably good imaging program but since I can not get a really good print I have not wasted my time exploring it. It also includes CrossOver which lets you run Windows programs. And while I got PS to work it is real clunky and slow.
It come with two disks, one with the OS on it and one with additional software. The software disk would be nice if all the software would load. However when you go to install it Xandros hooks up to the web for assistance which is all well and good except about a third of the Apps did not install because of errors. I did not try to get assitance as this is supposed to be a PROFFESIONAL edition and I should not have to.
So bottom line is that this is a pretty good copy of Windows 98se -crashes alot and makes you spend hours screwing with it to get it right(which it still is not). If working on your computer is fun I say go for it. If having a system that works buy a MAC or Windows XP. At least then you can be reasonably sure you can do what you want even though both those systems cost much more.
Just goes to show you really DO get what you pay for!
 Fantastic! May 3, 2008
Chuck (Parkton, MD United States)
After evaluating many Linux distributions for my employer and for use at home, this is the only one that I found to be user friendly enough to recommend. A critical area for home dialup users is the modem issue. Many distributions require you to find and download drivers, as well as executing difficult (for the average user) command line routines. Not so with Xandros. It doesn't support every modem, but I had no trouble with it recognizing a 3Com external, and a number of PCI internals. Setting these up was extremely simple. I believe a novice would have no trouble whatsoever.
As for the business environment, recognizing and communicating with an existing Windows network was the downfall of every Linux distribution I tried except this one. Even the highly regarded Fedora/Redhat flunked.
I've converted almost entirely to Linux with this distribution, both at work and at home. I'm now in the process of converting some of our other employee's desktops also.
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