Vixta Linux 2009.7
A lot of Windows users have considered switching to Linux and usually when they do switch it means getting used to a whole new look and feel on their desktop computers. Usually it involves picking Gnome or KDE or perhaps one of the light-weight window managers for their desktop environment.
But what happens when Linux is made to look like Windows? Is that a good thing or a bad thing? Vixta is essentially a remaster of Fedora designed to look somewhat like Windows Vista. Yup, Windows Vista. Some would, perhaps, argue that it’s insanity for a Linux distribution to try to mimic what might very well be Microsoft’s greatest Windows failure (well after Windows ME) but others would argue that it might help Windows Vista users switch to Linux.
Before I get into this review let me be blunt in saying that I never liked Windows Vista all that much. I used it for a while after it’s initial release and it left me quite cold. However, I built a computer for a friend of mine and put it on that box for her and she loves it. She’s still using it and has no complaints. Your mileage may vary but Windows Vista has never been viewed very positively by me.
The Vixta Linux desktop is, for the most part, a blend of KDE and Windows Vista.
So how does this Fedora-based version of Linux fare? Is it worth checking out? Read on and find out.
(8 votes, average: 2.25 out of 5)
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The problem with switching, for some people, is: they don’t want to learn.
If you want an OS that looks and behaves like Windows, then why do you want Linux at all? You don’t need it. Stick with Windows and save yourself the hassle of “linux sux bkoz it cannot run me gamez!!1!1″.
It is bad enough they tried to copy Vista. That they did not even come close is even worse. It looks more like the default KDE 4 desktop which is just as bad.
Just a loser all the way round.