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The Xandros Business Desktop
The Xandros Business Desktop
Posted Jul 14, 2005 4:15 UTC (Thu) by ssavitzky (subscriber, #2855)Parent article: The Xandros Business Desktop
The big advantage of Xandros Business Desktop is that it comes packaged with Crossover Office -- it runs many of the Windows apps that are important to business users.
If I had a small business that depended heavily on a handful of Windows apps run by a small number of employees (for example, a bookkeeping program and a mechanical CAD program) I might very well move the employees who absolutely need those apps over to Xandros, while moving the rest of the company to something compatible like Debian or Ubuntu. It's more convenient than dual-booting, and cheaper than putting two computers on somebody's desk.
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The Xandros Business Desktop
Posted Jul 14, 2005 14:54 UTC (Thu) by vmole (subscriber, #111) [Link]
Then why not install all Debian/Ubuntu/whatever, and buy just Crossover Office for those who need it? Cheaper, plus the advantage of just having one distribution for all desktops.
Why not Ubuntu plus Crossover Office?
Posted Jul 15, 2005 6:19 UTC (Fri) by ssavitzky (subscriber, #2855) [Link]
Actually I might, but your typical small-business owner probably wouldn't want to. I haven't actually tried installing Crossover Office, but if it's like most proprietary software for Linux it's probably packaged as an RPM. Results on Debian definitely not guaranteed. With Xandros it's a slam-dunk
CrossOver installs easily under Debian
Posted Jul 17, 2005 9:37 UTC (Sun) by hackerb9 (subscriber, #21928) [Link]
- but if it's like most proprietary software for Linux it's probably packaged as an RPM. Results on Debian definitely not guaranteed.
I've tried CrossOver on Debian and it works just fine. Installation is a breeze; just run the included installer. Since it was not packaged as an RPM (or a .deb), you have to use an included uninstaller (yuck) if you ever want to get rid of it.
--B
Why not Ubuntu plus Crossover Office?
Posted Jul 18, 2005 10:59 UTC (Mon) by csamuel (subscriber, #2624) [Link]
As a longtime user of Codeweavers Crossover Office (I started out when they released Plugin and wanted to help fund the Wine effort through their work) I can confirm that I am able to download Crossover Office as:
- An RPM
- A DEB
- A .sh Loki installer that doesn't need root privs for a user to install into their own space
That plus the fact that their license says:
This is a license for one user. The license is not necessarily for a specific user, or a specific computer, but it is for one person at a time.
is a nice change in a world of product activation and DRM..
cheers,Chris
Why not Ubuntu plus Crossover Office?
Posted Jul 18, 2005 15:01 UTC (Mon) by ssavitzky (subscriber, #2855) [Link]
Sounds great! I'll have to try it sometime; I have enough Windows users in my house...
How does it do on tax software, specifically TaxCut?
Why not Ubuntu plus Crossover Office?
Posted Jul 20, 2005 11:40 UTC (Wed) by csamuel (subscriber, #2624) [Link]
Being in Australia I've no idea I'm afraid..Chris