Linux XP

Linux XP was a Fedora Linux-based shareware Linux distribution designed to imitate Windows environment using GNOME desktop; it could run some Microsoft Windows programs using the Wine compatibility layer. Linux XP had to be registered within 99 startups after installation, or the OS would deactivate.

WWW linux-xp.com

Distributions

The product line included:Linux XP SMB Desktop — a distribution for installation on a workstation with a pre-installed suite of programs for organizing an office workstation ;Linux XP Desktop 2008 Secure Edition — a FSTEC-certified distribution for organizing workstations for processing personal data ;Linux XP SMB Live — a distribution for creating diskless workstations;Linux XP Small is a compact distribution for creating embedded solutions based on Linux XP SMB Desktop ;Linux XP SMB Server is a distribution for creating an effective server with centralized user management, WEB-mail and group work tools, a built-in terminal server, virtualization system, etc..

License

To legally use Linux XP SMB Desktop, Linux XP Desktop Secure Edition required registration, which required purchasing a license and registering the product serial number. Linux XP Desktop had a trial period of 30 days, during which you can use the installed operating system without registering a serial number. A registered user received technical support for 1 year.
Paid use:

Linux XP SMB Desktop — $13.95;
Linux XP Desktop 2008 — $40.67;
Linux XP Server Edition — $81.35.

Main components Linux XP Desktop

The following set of applications is included in the standard delivery of Linux XP Desktop:

Office Suite OpenOffice.org
Mail client Evolution
Web Browser Mozilla Firefox
Graphics editor GIMP
Vector Graphics Editor Inkscape
Layout and preparation of publications — Scribus
The Internet pager Pidgin
Implementation of the runtime environment Windows — Wine
Service LIS
Migrator
Programs for working with audio and video files
CD and DVD burning software— Brasero
Remote access to the desktop
Project management Planner
A program for watching TV programs kdetv
Multiple games
Software Development Applications
Virtual machine VirtualBox

Windows Compatibility

A commercial implementation was supplied as part of the Linux XP SMB Desktop Wine — WINE-LXP — with extended support for running Windows applications.
The Linux XP distribution provided users with the ability to process office documents in DOC, DOCX, XLS, XLSX and other popular document formats used in Microsoft Windows, using the built-in functions of the supplied software.