I tried it too, looked great, then was surprised by the pop-up. I don't
mind when people are upfront with the terms. But after doing all the setup
and then notifying me you want money. Instant reformat disk!!

On Thu, Dec 26, 2024, 1:42 PM Arun Khan via PLUG-discuss <
plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:

>
>
> 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 :)
>
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> Arun Khan
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