alternative os

[momsgonelooney]

my friend bought a used comp. and discovered the xp os is illegal. is there a free alternative os to xp that i can dl and put on disc for her? she has searched and can not find xp anywhere to buy and vista is way too much.

 

[GameJunkie72792]

well she could use Linux, but if she has certain windows programs to run this will do her no good, but it will give her a functional computer, to get it go to

http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download

this is a user friendly version of linux she could proboly get used to (unless she wants certain windows based apps... i use ubuntu everyday and i love it!

 

[momsgonelooney]

i think she prefers windows. any other help would be appreciated.

 

[SNGX1275]

Only way you are gonna get Windows legally is to pay for it...

If you just do Office stuff/internet/IM/email/and videos Ubuntu will be just fine.

 

[Phantasm66]

Yes, the only way to get Windows is to buy it, or buy a computer with it. You can get OEM versions of the software quite cheaply, though.

 

[an15wn]

Have you ever heard about ReactOS?

The main site is http://www.reactos.org/. You can also visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ReactOS to get the picture of the OS. In-depth review can be found in http://neosmart.net/blog/2006/reactos-the-next-windows/

It said to be FREE, but still in development phase. Maybe it worth to try.

Cheers

 

[GameJunkie72792]

yes react os will be great. WHEN ITS FINISHED, its still in alpha i wouldnt use it everyday, but this might be the only free answer to windows

yet with a 20mb install download it might be a pretty cool little thing to have on hand

 

[DelJo63]

you can still buy XP/Pro on the Internet -- just be sure you get the FULL RETAIL
version if you expect to perform an UPDATE in preference to a CLEAN install.