Linux XP Desktop is not just another Linux Distro

Published in Linux, Microsoft, Networking, Windows by Ravish Ahuja

Linux XP Desktop is the most popular Linux Distro in Russia and is now offering Linux XP 2006 Service Release 2 to the international market. Linux XP Desktop 2006 is a user friendly Operating System based on an updated release of Fedora Core 3. The desktop environment is based on GNOME which is fine tuned to mimic Windows XP’s look and functionality. Linux XP Desktop is binary compatible with Fedora Core RPM-repositories supported by a large Fedora community.

Linux XP is also integrated with Microsoft Technologies including Microsoft VPN, Active Directory, Remote Windows server login, read/write FAT16/32 and read NTFS file-systems. The operating system is also compatible with Windows applications and allows you to install & use Windows applications easily.

Linux Desktop 2006 Network Manager
Linux XP Desktop 2006 International Edition SR2 is available for $48.48 in USA and $42.87 in Canada. The distribution comes with a set of useful applications such as OpenOffice suite, planning, project management, e-mail, calendar/todo, Internet, ICQ/MSN/etc, audio/video conferencing, file sharing and exchange, raster and vector image editors, movie and music players, internet radio, TV, dictionaries, software development tools.

Linux XP also supports nVidia and ATI graphics drivers and has good support for OpenGL. Many games can be easily installed & played on Linux XP and it also has easy to use update manager & auto-installer.

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This article was written by Ravish Ahuja on 24 September 2006


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