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Chinese Pirates Launch Ubuntu That Looks Like XP

Posted December 28, 2009 9:55 AM

From Slashdot:

Ylmf, famous for pirating Windows XP, have just released a version of Ubuntu that looks just like Windows XP. Really, really similar. Apparently because Microsoft were cracking down on the actual Windows XP pirating — though I think they will still suffer for ripping off the GUI exactly. Of course, if that's the sort of look you like for your desktop, you need not risk any download cooties or language barriers; a reader in the Ubuntu Forums suggests this instructional video for giving Gnome the XP treatment.

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12/28/2009 11:22 PM

Why would anyone WANT an Ubuntu distro that looked just like Windows, in English or Chinese???
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Re: Chinese Pirates Launch Ubuntu That Looks Like XP

12/29/2009 6:17 AM

Just look to it from the other side: now XP users will feel how it is to work with a stable system.

It's just a result of the trouble they had with selling XP, as usual, they replaced the copy with something better.

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