Took me a while to remember the name of it, Softlanding Linux System (SLS). This had me reminiscing about my first experience with Linux. "I ran across your "English-language GNU/Linux distributions on CD-ROM" and happened to be reading your personal opinions.
(Within 12 hours of publishing this wiki version, I received the following e-mail from the author of the CDServer-HOWTO) There are rumours that the POSIX subsystem in Windows NT 4.0 is a modified Linux product stemming from this. Unifix did considerable work on establishing POSIX compliance for Linux-FT: Ian Nandhra of Lasermoon established a company to produce Linux tools running on a Microsoft Windows operating system (Insignix?) which was later purchased by Microsoft. There was a very long hiatus until version 2.0 was released and many of the promised features did not materialise in the final version released as 2.0. This was a very polished product in versions 1.0 - 1.2. The distribution was also one of the first to convert to ELF format for binaries. Noteworthy features included a licensed copy of the Motif window manager and an experimental live filing system whereby much of the system ran from CD and applications were cached if not used.
The distribution was started in 1995-96 and lasted for two or three years. Much of the design of Linux-FT was based on a German original distribution by Unifix - occasionally, error messages had a disconcerting habit of coming up in the wrong language! One of the earlier of the prepackaged distributions of Linux, it was sold in England by Lasermoon, who were also one of the early resellers of Slackware on CD-Rom. Finally, all Xandros offerings will be backed by world-class support.Ĭorel Linux is NOT supported by Xandros Corp.Īn entry for the Xandros distribution should be added to the live HOWTO as soon as it is updated (early 2002?). The overall solution is complete "off the shelf", but Xandros Professional Services can customize and integrate the products as well as provide enhancements to legacy systems as needed. Furthermore, Xandros is creating a server and enterprise management solution that will significantly reduce the total cost of ownership of computing environments. In addition to the features that Linux users expect, Xandros will be distributing significant additions and enhancements. It will support both the KDE and Gnome desktop environments. Xandros is developing a customized Debian-based Linux distribution that is derived from version 3.0 of the award winning Corel LINUX OS. (since relegating this distribution to the Hall of Remembrance, several rather angry e-mails have pointed out to me that it still survives, although apparently not under the same name.
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