13 Facts About Xandros

Xandros, Inc was a software company which sold Xandros Desktop, a Linux distribution.

The name Xandros was derived from the X Window System and the Greek island of Andros.

Xandros Desktop was based on Corel Linux, a Debian-based distribution that was acquired along with the development team behind the product from Corel Corporation in August 2001 after Corel decided to sell the Linux distribution market.

Xandros was a founding member of the Desktop Linux Consortium and member of the Interop Vendor Alliance.

In July 2007, Xandros bought Scalix, a Linux-based email and collaboration product, based on HP OpenMail.

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Xandros made products for both the consumer and business markets.

Xandros Corporation offered a 30-day trial version of Xandros Home Edition Premium as a free download for evaluation purposes.

In 2009, Xandros announced that it would develop a new netbook operating system based on Moblin v2.

Xandros Open Circulation Edition was a freely redistributable edition for non-commercial use, with a limited set of additional software.

When Xandros purchased Linspire, they announced plans to retain Freespire as a Debian-based free community distribution and to base future editions of Xandros Desktop Professional – Home Edition and Home Edition Premium were to be discontinued – on Freespire.

Installation of Xandros was done by a wizard that asks questions about partitioning and the administrator password.

In 2009, Xandros BridgeWays released the first of many Management Packs for Systems Center.

The installed version of Xandros is tab based, built from scratch using Xlib and the Qt 4.