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- jake6730, on 10/13/2007, -8/+211Though I do support such a Linux distribution, this is a great looking distro. But this is a very good way to get sued by Microsoft. Does anyone remember Lindows?
- vuke69, on 10/30/2007, -2/+135Well, if I ever have a burning desire for a giant analog clock on my desktop, I'll know where to look.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -5/+103Yes, I do remember Lindows...
As early as 2002, a court rejected Microsoft's claims, stating that Microsoft had used the term "windows" to describe graphical user interfaces before the product, Windows, was ever released, and that the windowing technique had already been implemented by Xerox and Apple many years before[1]. Microsoft kept seeking retrial, but in February 2004, a judge rejected two of Microsoft's central claims[2]. The judge denied Microsoft's request for a preliminary injunction and raised "serious questions" about Microsoft's trademark. Microsoft feared that a court may define "Windows" as generic and result in the loss of its status as a trademark. In July 2004, Microsoft offered to settle with Lindows.[3] As part of this licensing settlement, Microsoft paid an estimated $24 million cash (for a case that Microsoft itself brought), and Lindows transferred the Lindows trademark to Microsoft and changed their name to Linspire.
Quite a level of hilarity.
Read more... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_vs._Lindows
They won't be trying that again. Great precedent. - pixelat3d, on 10/30/2007, -6/+79Linux needs to be celebrating its DIFFERENCES from vista / osx etc. etc. ... these OS clone projects just need to stop.
- aRgusChung, on 10/10/2007, -5/+51Wrong on point 1. Dead on with point 2.
- Synthetik, on 10/10/2007, -0/+35I used to use "Windows" to describe the openings on my house, until Microsoft sued me :(
- sloppychris, on 10/10/2007, -3/+36"A distro with merits other than being a windows wannabe?"
Well, there's Ubuntu, Fedora, Slackware, Gentoo, PClinuxOS, shall I go on? - suriyou, on 10/10/2007, -3/+36I never understood those analog clock widgets :/ It's so pointless, really.
- TnTBass, on 10/13/2007, -2/+35All I can say to the developers is to focus a lot more on reliability, compatibility, and ease of use over looking like Vista.
I'm not sure if they are meeting their other goals, but it does look like Vista... - Scatropolis, on 10/10/2007, -1/+33It's amazing how adding a nature background image makes an OS "vista like".
- aRgusChung, on 10/10/2007, -1/+31Not to be a naysayer, but all I see is FC with a Vista theme. Am I missing something?
- TiMMY8765, on 10/10/2007, -2/+27Microsoft ended up paying the lindows guy off because they would have lost the windows trademark if the case had gone to court. Windows is too generic of a name. Vista should be easier to defend than windows though.
- venom8599, on 10/10/2007, -2/+27Uh, I'm pretty sure they've trademarked Vista. Also, it was an out of court settlement, thus no precedent.
- daridave, on 10/10/2007, -2/+22I would have, too. Oh, and, I'm not defending Windows -- NOT a fan -- but I do find it lame when people bash Windows, but then look to skin their Linux distribution like it. 0_o
- Elranzer, on 10/10/2007, -1/+21Don't forget Debian (Ubuntu's nerdy father)
- mvent2, on 10/10/2007, -2/+21No, Ubuntu doesn't.
- PricklySponge, on 10/10/2007, -18/+36Vista absolutely blows. The less Linux is like Vista, the better.
- mckooiker, on 10/13/2007, -5/+22Well, maybe it should not be the main goal, but a linux distribution to attract windows users can't be bad I think...
- marx2k, on 10/10/2007, -2/+19So... which Ubuntu theme looks exactly like Vista and ships with Ubuntu?
- disillusioned, on 10/10/2007, -2/+19I was about to say; let's take odds on first cease & desist issued...
- TomP, on 10/10/2007, -5/+22Vixta.... anyone smell a law suit?
- shad0walker, on 10/13/2007, -38/+54Second time I have seen this distro on the upcoming page. It didn't hit front page last time, its not going to this time. Also, why don't you create a distro with merits other than being a windows wannabe?
- bat-21, on 10/30/2007, -9/+25"similar in look and feel to Windows Vista." Why would I want Linux to feel like crap?
- 10001110101, on 10/10/2007, -0/+14Ditto.. Now I call them G.L.A.T.O's - Generic Light and Atmospheric Transference Openings.
"Open the GLATO!"
"Mom, I broke the the GLATO." - social123, on 10/10/2007, -0/+13I know most people aren't fans of this, but I'm a longtime windows user who wants to make the switch. I've tried ubuntu before and thought it was ugly. I really would like to know how to make it look more like this, or like OSX or something 'safe' I guess? I need a gradual transition. What websites/forums should I check out?
- cyssero, on 04/18/2009, -2/+15vis·ta /ˈvɪstə/ Pronunciation Key - [vis-tuh] –noun
1. a view or prospect, esp. one seen through a long, narrow avenue or passage, as between rows of trees or houses.
Fairly sure it's an English word. And even if it wasn't an English word, or if it was a completely made up name, it can still be tradmarked. - ertz, on 10/10/2007, -0/+11I guess you didn't notice that is portuguese.
Friday = sexta-feira (also just "sexta" or "sex". is used as well as the abbreviation 6ª)
September = setembro (or "set" for short). - whiteguysamurai, on 10/10/2007, -2/+13The beauty of windows (yes there is some) is the fact that everyone is GUI based.
If i want to enable internet sharing, i just rightclick a connection.
If i want to FTP something, it's gui driven.
many linux people say it's better to do things in a CLI, i just feel that's an excuse. - marx2k, on 10/10/2007, -0/+11Of course, if you have to minimize all of your windows to actually check the time, it sort of defeats the purpose of being convenient
- shanesemler, on 10/10/2007, -1/+12The Vista look is actually rather nice so I don't really get the Vista hatred. But whatever. A Linux distro copying MS is kind of lame. It's very "me too." Which is ironic and unnecessary because Linux had an accelerated desktop long before Vista was released.
Oh yeah, buried because of the stupid title. - Kakaze, on 10/10/2007, -0/+10Nope...just you and the guy who made the first comment.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+10umm, u should really check out compiz-fusion. It does exactly what you are talking about. I'm running it right now.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -2/+11dugg for "sex" in calendar
..yes, i do know its short for september in another language, but im juvenile - TiMMY8765, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9truegodofwar beat me. that's what I get for reading the article, then posting without refreshing the comments
- MikeCerm, on 10/10/2007, -1/+10I sure wish other distros would drop the terrible-looking default Linux fonts, like these people have.
- mcrbids, on 10/10/2007, -7/+15Why emulate a train wreck?
Vista is, so far, a non-starter. People APOLOGIZE to me for "upgrading" to Vista. It's a support nightmare in the works. It's "pretty" like a whore - glitzy, and ugly all in one.
Which I wouldn't care about except that it's incessant "you just clicked on a button, do you want me to let that button get clicked" interface dulls any meaning to real security, while disabling standard interfaces long used by programmers to actually get stuff done.
It's a mess. OSX is so much more beautiful, and Linux is to Vista what a train wreck is to Nirvana.
God, I hate Vista. Ever try to support it? It seems like MS has randomly disabled stuff just to make life harder. Bhawhwhw! - stutimandal, on 10/10/2007, -13/+21Oh come on. Vista is crappy enough to be copied. Create something new, something different.
How about a 3-D cube like desktop rather than the plane that we see? So much extra screen space, so many layers to navigate inside, 100s of windows can be opened in different sheets stacked up to make the screen.
This type of OS will be worthwhile with quad cores and 8 cores processors about to hit the market in a grand way.
Go linux, go interesting, don’t go vista. - Rowan187, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8all Microsoft really accomplished with fighting Lindows is getting it renamed to Linspire, and giving Lindows/Linspire HUGE publicity enough to actually start an open-source (Freespire) distribution along with selling Linspire.
- williamdyer, on 10/10/2007, -1/+9It's Latvian for "hen," but commonly used to denote an old and/or unattractive woman, i.e. "old biddy."
- Rowan187, on 10/10/2007, -2/+10OSX is ***** ugly. Its an ugly bland shade of grey, and blows at customization. but hey, it just works.
- thecosmicpope, on 10/10/2007, -1/+9The Vista widgets were fun for a few minutes, then I disabled the sidebar. It offered no real advantages (why do i need a big graphical clock when I have the useful little one in the corner?) but dropped system performance.
- HerbSolo, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7Well - actually - OS-A had this a year before OS-B - thing is *****. - I'm happy with companies copying each others, as long as they copy the good stuff.
- Dumbledorito, on 10/10/2007, -2/+9Unless you get to the UI with just installing the thing and no other mucking about, good luck with that.
- kozie, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7Agreed, it's got a widget that is skinned to look web2.0 and the wallpaper... Yay.
- Elranzer, on 10/10/2007, -3/+10Kinda like Leopard, eh?
- epileet, on 10/10/2007, -2/+8linux shouldnt try to copy windows (why would anybody want to???). It looks a bit rough around the edges as well. Linux should show off the unique features it brings to the table rather than trying to copy a broken formula. buried as lame
- jrseney, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6Guess you haven't seen Ubuntu Studio yet, have you? ;-)
- ShrimpCrackers, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6And yet who do you see using Linspire versus say... Ubuntu? The whole thing was a mess in my opinion. Microsoft got what it wanted and for what amounts to a drop in the bucket for them.
- bratterscain, on 10/10/2007, -5/+11The website crashed. They got that part of Windows down.
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