Xandros

Xandros Inc.
IndustrySoftware industry
FoundedMay 2001; 23 years ago (2001-05) (by Linux Global Partners)
FoundersWill Roseman,
Dr. Frederick Berenstein
DefunctJanuary 2018; 6 years ago (2018-01)
Fatebought by PC/Open Systems LLC
Headquarters
New York City
,
U.S.
ProductsXandros Desktop
Websitexandros.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 2003-02-03)
Xandros Desktop
Xandros Desktop 4.1 OCE
DeveloperXandros Incorporated
OS familyUnix-like
Working stateDiscontinued[1]
Source modelOpen source mixed with closed source
Latest release4.2 Edit this on Wikidata / July 26, 2007; 17 years ago (2007-07-26)
Kernel typeMonolithic
Default
user interface		KDE
LicenseGNU GPL with some proprietary software
Official websitexandros.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 2003-02-03)

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.[2] Xandros was founded in May 2001 by Linux Global Partners (Will Roseman and Dr. Frederick Berenstein).[3] The company was headquartered in New York City with its development office in Ottawa, Canada.

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 exit the Linux distribution market.[4] Xandros was a founding member of the Desktop Linux Consortium and member of the Interop Vendor Alliance.[5]

In July 2007, Xandros bought Scalix, a Linux-based email and collaboration product, based on HP OpenMail.[6][7] In July 2008, Xandros acquired Linspire.

In 2013, Xandros, Inc. changed its name to Bridgeways, Inc.[1], and soon after, the Xandros website was taken offline. (The Xandros website was last updated in November 2009.)[8] As a result, DistroWatch listed Xandros as discontinued.[9]

On 1 January 2018, PC/OpenSystems LLC purchased Xandros and Linspire from Bridgeways, Inc., and resurrected the Xandros branding with Xandros OpenDesktop[2] (a commercial release) and Xandros OpenServer[3] (a free release), based on Ubuntu 20.04. Xandros OpenDesktop would later be rebranded as Xandros Enterprise Desktop, and Xandros OpenServer would be rebranded as Xandros Enterprise Server, and PC/OpenSystems also introduced free versions named Xandros Community Edition (using GNOME) and Xandros Developer Edition (using dwm).

  1. ^ Xandros Desktop OS. DistroWatch.com. Retrieved on 2013-07-17.
  2. ^ Andrew (18 January 2005). "Xandros is an acronym?". Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 5 June 2007.
  3. ^ "Xandros Announces Strategic Licensing Agreement with Corel Corporation". Xandros. 21 August 2001. Archived from the original on 3 February 2003. Retrieved 29 April 2008.
  4. ^ "Xandros Corporate Background". Xandros. Archived from the original on 3 February 2003. Retrieved 5 June 2007.
  5. ^ "Interop Vendor Alliance - MEMBER DIRECTORY". interopvendoralliance.org. Archived from the original on 30 March 2009.
  6. ^ "Open-Xchange phones home for funding". The Register.
  7. ^ "Scalix Bought by Xandros". Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 18 July 2007.
  8. ^ "Xandros: Linux Desktop and Server Operating Systems". Archived from the original on 2 April 2013. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  9. ^ "DistroWatch.com: Xandros Desktop OS". distrowatch.com.