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December 30th, 2009, 13:36 GMT · By

Ylmf OS - Ubuntu That Looks Like Windows

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The Rain Forest Wind Chinese company presented a few days ago their brand-new operating system, a hacked Ubuntu distribution that looks just like the ever-popular Windows XP operating system from Microsoft. Not only has the GTK theme been tuned to be like the Windows XP desktop, but the icons are also identical and the Wine software is present to allow the users to employ Windows applications. Above all that, there are also a lot of "under the hood" enhancements and many of those useful programs and tools that are not available in Ubuntu. Have a look below at some of the most important features added in Ylmf OS, compared with an original Ubuntu Linux distribution.

Highlights of the Ylmf Operating System:

· Fully skinned with a Windows XP look-a-like theme;
· Wine integration to emulate Windows applications;
· Ability to extract RAR archives with a single click;
· 3D desktop effects via Compiz Fusion (also includes a configuration utility);
· Integrated CHM viewer with the Chmsee gadget;
· Added the "Open in Terminal" add-on for Nautilus;
· Added aMule P2P file sharing software;
· Added Pidgin multi-protocol instant messenger;
· Added FileZilla FTP client;
· Added Claws e-mail client;
· Integrated the multi-threaded Downloader For X (D4X) file download tool;
· Integrated Dr.com graphical client for easy Internet;
· Lots of enhancements to the Mozilla Firefox web browser (FlashGot, D4X support, FlashAX, Alipay, etc);
· Added SMPlayer video player;
· Added Gecko Mediaplayer web video player;
· Helps files for OpenOffice.org;
· PDF reader;
· Chinese time zone;
· Tweaked the system menu and rearranged the shortcuts for easy usage of included apps;
· Various tweaks for mounting Windows partitions.
· Many other minor, but useful, enhancements!

All in all, you can download the Ylmf OS right now from Softpedia, and Happy New Year!

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Comment #1 by: jay jay on 30 Dec 2009, 16:04 UTC reply to this comment

man linux oses that look like windows really disgust me.


Comment #2 by: Rob on 02 Jan 2010, 20:11 UTC reply to this comment

This is very cool. Perfect for a computer rehab, avoiding the MS tax on a relacement drive.


Comment #3 by: JSpice on 04 Jan 2010, 14:10 UTC reply to this comment

I agree with Rob, why pay the MS tax? It should also help new users adopt a better system.


Comment #4 by: pmlxuser on 06 Jan 2010, 14:08 UTC reply to this comment

come on why imitate windows this bad, i mean if i want windows i would just use windows, too bad linux has got such freedom i would have sued them for patent infringement and imitation... but freedom in linux makes such things happen i prefer something that looks more linux and not remind me of windows


Comment #5 by: Udy on 07 Jan 2010, 14:47 UTC reply to this comment

Why will I windows, I moved away from windows - don't want to be any close to one or an imposter. Long live *NIX


Comment #6 by: AlphaCompton on 10 Jan 2010, 03:39 UTC reply to this comment

This has Big ups and BIG downs...
However, no one seemed to mention what I feel is the real meaning of life for this distribution which made by the chinese I'm SURE is made for netbooks and/or nettops for sale that will advertise as coming with windows and will come with this instead in order to fool the user without being able to be sued from any angle, except for Microsoft claiming infringement on popular artwork(such as the icons, wallpaper etc.) but worse has been done illegally so this is a win for the Chinese knockoffs, but we can attempt to use it to our advantage and make users learn how to use their cheap netbook or nettop by making them learn Linux, and this could get some diehard(also ignorant not in an insulting way) Windows users to migrate to Linux without even knowing because , I try to push Linux because I feel it's better for a lot of users out there but the most common response is about the user being scared of change. This is the loop hole around it I think.


Comment #7 by: mastermind on 16 Jul 2010, 17:24 UTC reply to this comment

men ive been using this for 6 months now. what can i say, this is a great medicine for those people that dont know linux but wants a reliable and robust system. even my 50 year old mom can search the web and my dad from a windows user to a linux user. Its great.

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