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Thread ID: 61068	2005-08-23 16:07:00	Microsoft Windows XP Open-Sourced!	vinref (6194)	PC World Chat

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383242	2005-08-23 16:07:00	Well, sort of. Actually not quite. According to this article in Wired (wired.com), enterprising thieves, pirates and other cut-throats are hacking XP and releasing their hacks, churning out different versions of the OS. There are rescue versions (a la Knoppix), and a lite version (< 300MB). Many claim to be better than the original. Too bad all this energy and innovation is being spent on ft.	vinref (6194)
383243	2005-08-24 02:39:00	There is a well regarded live CD repair tool called "Bart's PE" which builds a live CD from your legal XP system. It's well worth a look. I was disappointed to find that it doesn't do Win2k. He's made great efforts to make it a "legal" thing, after MS got a bit stroppy about the first version.	Graham L (2)
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