Chinese pirates create Ubuntu clone of Windows XP
Posted: Mon Dec 28, 2009 7:33 am
(Some might remember Winutuxu a hybrid of XP and Ubuntu from 2007 said to be developed in Morroco. Now we have the Chinese creating a Ubuntu clone of Windows XP. Do I hear a chair being thrown in Redmond?)
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Chinese pirates create Ubuntu clone of Windows XP
http://vista.blorge.com/2009/12/28/chin ... indows-xp/
by Dave Parrack
Chinese pirates create Ubuntu clone of Windows XPIs nothing sacred to Chinese pirates? Obviously not, because they’ve now created a version of Ubuntu which looks and feels almost identical to Windows XP, the beloved older brother of Windows 7. The question has to be, why?
If people could be defined by their choice of operating system then this is how I see it playing out. If you choose Windows then you’re calm, collected, and satisfied with life. Choose Linux and you’re likely to be adventurous, a little out there, and geeky. Choose Mac OS X and you’re probably pretentious, shallow, and a Steve Jobs fanboy.
With that in mind it surely makes no sense for there to be any crossover between the operating systems. They essentially do the same job in a very similar fashion to each other, but they are also different enough to mean a choice between them is important.
Why would anyone using Linux want their new OS to look and feel like Windows XP? I personally haven’t a clue, but there must be some demand out there for the Chinese pirates who have developed such a chimera to have done so.
According to Download Squad, the Ubuntu clone of Windows XP is called the Ylmf OS, and it’s available to download from ylmf.org. Unfortunately, it’s only available in Chinese at this point in time so even if you had the inclination to test it out you’d need to be proficient in the language to do so.
As you can see from the multitude of screenshots on CNBeta, Ylms is a very good copy of Windows XP. But it’s still Ubuntu underneath. I know Windows XP is a much-loved OS but that’s surely missing the point a little.
After all, it’s not like you can’t get a pirate copy of XP easily enough, with the Tomato Garden Web site being a huge hit in China before it was shut down.
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Chinese pirates create Ubuntu clone of Windows XP
http://vista.blorge.com/2009/12/28/chin ... indows-xp/
by Dave Parrack
Chinese pirates create Ubuntu clone of Windows XPIs nothing sacred to Chinese pirates? Obviously not, because they’ve now created a version of Ubuntu which looks and feels almost identical to Windows XP, the beloved older brother of Windows 7. The question has to be, why?
If people could be defined by their choice of operating system then this is how I see it playing out. If you choose Windows then you’re calm, collected, and satisfied with life. Choose Linux and you’re likely to be adventurous, a little out there, and geeky. Choose Mac OS X and you’re probably pretentious, shallow, and a Steve Jobs fanboy.
With that in mind it surely makes no sense for there to be any crossover between the operating systems. They essentially do the same job in a very similar fashion to each other, but they are also different enough to mean a choice between them is important.
Why would anyone using Linux want their new OS to look and feel like Windows XP? I personally haven’t a clue, but there must be some demand out there for the Chinese pirates who have developed such a chimera to have done so.
According to Download Squad, the Ubuntu clone of Windows XP is called the Ylmf OS, and it’s available to download from ylmf.org. Unfortunately, it’s only available in Chinese at this point in time so even if you had the inclination to test it out you’d need to be proficient in the language to do so.
As you can see from the multitude of screenshots on CNBeta, Ylms is a very good copy of Windows XP. But it’s still Ubuntu underneath. I know Windows XP is a much-loved OS but that’s surely missing the point a little.
After all, it’s not like you can’t get a pirate copy of XP easily enough, with the Tomato Garden Web site being a huge hit in China before it was shut down.