On Thu, Dec 26, 2024 at 12:27 PM Jim via PLUG-discuss <
plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:

> The writer of that article says he learned more about it and can no longer
> recommend it.  The headline now reads:
>
> Why I no longer recommend this Windows-like Linux distro
> On 12/11/24 11:28, Arun Khan via PLUG-discuss wrote:
>
> I came across a ZDNET article
> "This Linux distro is so Windows-like, it even comes with Microsoft apps"
> <
> https://www.zdnet.com/article/this-linux-distro-is-so-windows-like-it-even-comes-with-microsoft-apps/
> >
>
> Perhaps, this is the Linux distro to help you (your colleague) to a Linux
> OS based desktop
> Hosted at SourceForge -- download link:
> https://sourceforge.net/projects/windows-ubuntu/
>
> Thanks for the heads up. You beat me to it.

I took it for a spin (Vbox VM) and found out about the purchase of a
"license key" to unlock the "Windows apps" during the installation process.
I contacted the support team on some other issue -- the ISO shasum is only
sha1sum and the GPG keys are missing v/s every other Linux distro uses
sha256sum and provides the GPG keys to authenticate the shasums.

I am sticking to Kubuntu / Lubuntu / Mint :)

--
Arun Khan