Editing Xandros (section)

==Products==
Xandros made products for both the consumer and business markets. While the distributions included many packages licensed as [[free software]] and [[Open-source software|open-source]], Xandros also included [[proprietary software]] developed in-house by the Xandros Corporation.

===Commercial editions===
==== Xandros Desktop Home Edition ====
This edition came with a 30-day trial of [[CrossOver|Crossover Office]]. It also included an "Applications CD" which includes extra programs which can be installed via Xandros Networks. As opposed to Home Edition Premium, the Home Edition did not include the photo manager, music manager, security suite, wireless profiles, or the ability to write to [[NTFS]] partitions.

==== Xandros Desktop Home Edition Premium ====
This edition came with a full version of Crossover Office Standard Edition, and a second CD (the "Applications CD") which included extra applications which could be installed via Xandros Networks. Despite its name, Xandros Desktop Home Edition Premium did not include a Xandros Networks Premium Membership.

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

==== Xandros Desktop Professional ====
Formerly known as Xandros Desktop Business Edition, this edition was basically the same as Xandros Desktop Home Edition Premium, but it included the ability to authenticate to Windows PDC and [[Active Directory]] Domains, used [[Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol|PPTP]] VPN to connect remotely to the office, and used [[wireless broadband|broadband wireless]] connectivity with [[3G]], [[GSM]] and [[Universal Mobile Telecommunications System|UMTS]] support. Xandros Desktop Professional was officially released on 28 November 2006.

As with Home Edition Premium, Xandros Corporation also offered a 30-day trial version of Xandros Professional.

==== Presto ====
Introduced in 2009, Presto was a lightweight "instant-on" operating system which uses the lightweight [[Xfce#Version 4|Xfce 4.6]] [[desktop environment]]. Similar to [[Canonical Ltd.|Canonical]]'s [[Wubi (Ubuntu installer)|Wubi]] installer for [[Ubuntu (operating system)|Ubuntu]], it was installed inside of Microsoft Windows, with Windows XP as the earliest supported version. It also had access to an "application store" based on [[CNR (software)|CNR]], which was acquired through Xandros' acquisition of [[Linspire]] in mid-2008.

==== Xandros Moblin ====
In 2009, Xandros announced that it would develop a new netbook operating system based on [[Moblin|Moblin v2]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.xandros.com:80/news/press_releases/Xandros_Creates_Enhanced_User_Experience.html |title=Xandros Creates Enhanced User Experience for Netbook Users with Moblin V2 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030203111601/http://www.xandros.com/news/press_releases/Xandros_Creates_Enhanced_User_Experience.html |archive-date=3 February 2003 }}</ref>

=== Server systems ===
Xandros Desktop Management Server (xDMS) was available. It easily set up repositories as it deploys customized Xandros Desktop configurations across a large organization.{{Citation needed|date=February 2009}}

Xandros Server was designed to run on [[Server (computing)|servers]]. It was officially launched at the 2006 [[LinuxWorld Conference and Expo]] in Toronto, on 25 April 2006, and officially released for purchase at the Xandros website on 1 May 2006, at a [[suggested retail price|MSRP]] of US$450. Xandros Server 2.0 has been released in May 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.xandros.com:80/news/press_releases/Xandros_releases_server2.html |title=Xandros Releases Xandros Server Standard Edition 2, Offering Enterprise-Grade Features to Windows-Centric SMBs |publisher=Xandros |date=8 May 2007 |access-date=2008-04-29 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030203111601/http://www.xandros.com/news/press_releases/Xandros_releases_server2.html |archive-date=3 February 2003 }}</ref>

=== Previous editions ===
Xandros Open Circulation Edition (OCE) was a freely redistributable edition for non-commercial use, with a limited set of additional software. Soon after the 4.0 version was released as a DVD shrinkwrapped with Linux magazines, the torrent was pulled from Xandros' servers and all references to OCE removed from the Xandros website without explanation. Previous versions of Xandros OCE were generally released about 4&nbsp;months after the release of the commercial versions.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://forums.xandros.com/viewtopic.php?t=28362 | title=OCE 4 – Prerelease information | author=BoyLinux | date=20 December 2006 | access-date=2007-06-05}}</ref>

Xandros Desktop OS Standard Edition was basically the same as the Open Circulation Edition, but it included full-speed CD/DVD burning. This product was replaced by Home Edition.

Xandros Desktop OS Deluxe Edition included an "applications CD" which included extra programs which could be installed via Xandros Networks. This product was replaced by Home Edition Premium.

Xandros Desktop OS Surfside Edition (branded and sold as Xandros SurfSide Linux)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://youtube.com/watch?v=ACi1eMrIPNg|title=Xandros Desktop Linux install - Dell Dimension 2400 - Part 1|website=[[YouTube]]}}</ref> was basically the same as Xandros Desktop OS Standard Edition, however the Surfside Edition also included a Plantronics USB headset and 120 minutes of [[Skype]]Out service.

According to [[DistroWatch]], Xandros Desktop is discontinued.<ref name="distrowatch1"/> DistroWatch made the decision because no new official version or official updates to Xandros Desktop have been released since November 2006.<ref>[http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20100426#news Put the fun back into computing. Use Linux, BSD]. DistroWatch.com. Retrieved on 2013-07-17.</ref>

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. (This would be similar to the way [[Novell]] bases [[SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop]] on their free [[openSUSE]] and to the way [[Red Hat]] bases [[Red Hat Enterprise Linux]] on their free [[Fedora (operating system)|Fedora]].) However, according to one website, Xandros has discontinued Freespire.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.itpro.co.uk/622528/the-lost-world-of-the-xandros-desktop/ |title=The Lost World of the Xandros Desktop |newspaper=It Pro |publisher=Richard Hillesley |date=20 April 2010 |access-date=2010-08-09}}</ref> In addition, the DistroWatch website has added Freespire to its list of discontinued distributions.