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Re: [News] Athene Shows Why Commercialising ('Proprietarisation' of) Linux Won't Work

Roy Schestowitz posted a good one:
>> Review: Athene is beautiful but flawed
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>| Rocklyte Systems' Athene operating environment is at once fascinating
>>| and frustrating. It's a custom GNU/Linux distribution optimized for
>>| i686 machines that employs a proprietary graphics toolkit and video
>>| drivers, which means it's visually impressive and extremely speedy.
>>| Athene is by far the most unique and technologically advanced
>>| GNU/Linux derivative to date, but it needs some better
>>| administrative features, doesn't come with much software, and its
>>| license is proprietary and restrictive.
>>| 
>>| [...]
>>| 
>>| Right now Athene 2004 doesn't offer much in terms of out-of-the-box
>>| functionality, and you can't be immediately productive with it,
>>| making it unsuitable for anyone except those willing to explore and
>>| tinker with it. If that's your goal, U.S. $110 would seem an excessive
>>| fee for a year's worth of updates on CD.
>> `----
>>
>> http://distrocenter.linux.com/article.pl?sid=04/09/01/1735216&tid=127&tid=26&tid=104
>>
>> They try to do with GNU/Linux what Apple did with Darwin.


Additional link: http://www.rocklyte.com/athene/

---quote---
The Athene desktop is also available as a free download for installation
on Windows and Linux platforms. Called the Athene Desktop Edition, it
includes the same base functionality as the commercial version and can
run any program that has been developed for Athene.
---end---

Rocklyte Systems claim that Athene's graphic throughput is *atleast* 25%
faster than X11.

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