[dba-Tech] XP replacement?

There is ReactOS, but I haven't personally used it, so I can't say more than that:

ReactOS® is a free open source operating system based on the best design principles found in the Windows NT® architecture (Windows versions such as Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows Server 2012 are built on Windows NT architecture). Written completely from scratch, ReactOS is not a Linux based system, and shares none of theUNIX architecture.

The main goal of the ReactOS® project is to provide an operating system which is binary compatible with Windows. This will allow your Windows® applications and drivers to run as they would on your Windows system. Additionally, the look and feel of the Windows operating system is used, such that people accustomed to the familiar user interface of Windows® would find using ReactOS straightforward. The ultimate goal of ReactOS® is to allow you to use it as alternative to Windows® without the need to change software you are used to.

ReactOS 0.3.15 is still in alpha stage, meaning it is not feature-complete and isrecommended only for evaluation and testing purposes.



- Hans


> On Feb 5, 2014, at 11:02 AM, Jim Lawrence <accessd at shaw.ca> wrote:
> 
> Hi Peter:
> 
> In reality, I tend to agree with you. My personal route is to go Linux, Ubuntu Linux for that matter but there are many other distros that are just as easy to install and maintain...I would go so far as to say these products are easier to install and maintain than Windows...but being over 35 years in the business hardly makes me a user like "Joe Public" and so my normal is slightly skewed.
> 
> The Linux route is terrifying for many, who have lived and learned the Windows ways for over twenty years...to get a user to leave the world they have grown up in is almost impossible.  OTOH, I am becoming more comfortable using Linux every day...I like fast internet, browsing, a decent Windows like GUI, Excel, Word, Power-point, all fully compatible...my versions are just named Libra Calc, Writer and Impress...and these products are hardly bleeding edge and are 100 percent compatible.
> 
> Jim  
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Peter Brawley" <peter.brawley at earthlink.net>
> To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 5, 2014 10:32:43 AM
> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] XP replacement?
> 
>> On 2014-02-05 10:54 AM, Jim Lawrence wrote:
>> Hi All:
>> 
>> ASUS is selling, what it calls the XP replacement. Is the world ready for Android (Linux) to replace Window?
>> 
>> http://www.techrepublic.com/article/xp-replacement-179-asus-chromebox-is-most-powerful-chrome-device-to-date/#ftag=RSS56d97e7
> 
> If you're willing to pay usage fees for the rest of your life to the 
> server farm that implements your "cloud", sure, but most XP users, I 
> think, have a different set of requirements---fast networking browsing & 
> email and a decent Windows-like GUI with Excel2000-fully-compatible 
> spreadsheet, PowerPoint2000-fully-compatible presentation software, and 
> Word2000-fully-compatible word processing. Thats the 31% or so of 
> current Windows users who still run XP, ie many millions who feel no 
> compulsion to be near the bleeding edge but are just trying to get their 
> 'puter work done with minimum fuss----a huge market for an open source 
> implementation of "Windows". What seems 'rilly odd to me is that no *Nix 
> OS vendor has yet produced what these people need.
> 
> PB
> 
> -----
> 
>> 
>> Jim
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