issue217:mon_opinion1
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issue217:mon_opinion1 [2025/05/17 17:58] – créée philou511 | issue217:mon_opinion1 [2025/06/04 09:16] (Version actuelle) – andre_domenech | ||
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- | When Knockoffs Go Too Far | + | Titre proposé : Quand l' |
- | By Art | + | |
- | + | **Many Windows users I know would love to ditch that OS for something simpler in the Ubuntu lineup, but most are afraid of losing their Windows look and function. | |
- | Many Windows users I know would love to ditch that OS for something simpler in the Ubuntu lineup, but most are afraid of losing their Windows look and function. | + | |
Both Zorin and Pop! OS offer desktop designs that look, allegedly, Windows-like; | Both Zorin and Pop! OS offer desktop designs that look, allegedly, Windows-like; | ||
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And how did I find this wonder OS? While doing research on the legit Linspire OS, I came upon Wubuntu. Worth noting, the two are not related in any fashion. | And how did I find this wonder OS? While doing research on the legit Linspire OS, I came upon Wubuntu. Worth noting, the two are not related in any fashion. | ||
- | Engineered by CyberTech (aka Cyber Port Technology) from Brazil, Wubuntu takes the old adage, “Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery” to a new level while using the concept of fair use under intellectual property as a way of doing it. | + | Engineered by CyberTech (aka Cyber Port Technology) from Brazil, Wubuntu takes the old adage, “Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery” to a new level while using the concept of fair use under intellectual property as a way of doing it.** |
- | And what’s that concept? Wubuntu can look like Windows all it wants, but developers can’t use the underlying code that makes Windows a licensed product. | + | De nombreux utilisateurs Windows que je connais aimeraient abandonner ce système d' |
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+ | Zorin et Pop! OS proposent tous deux des designs de bureau qui ressemblent, | ||
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+ | Mais, de temps en temps, quelque chose attire mon attention, et pas forcément pour les bonnes raisons. | ||
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+ | C'est là qu' | ||
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+ | Et comment ai-je trouvé ce système d' | ||
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+ | Développé par CyberTech (alias Cyber Port Technology) au Brésil, Wubuntu repousse les limites du vieil adage « L' | ||
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+ | **And what’s that concept? Wubuntu can look like Windows all it wants, but developers can’t use the underlying code that makes Windows a licensed product. | ||
In addition, fair use generally does not cover, best as I, a non-lawyer, can tell, the use of copyrighted logos. Rip off the Windows overall design, but don’t touch those precious logos! | In addition, fair use generally does not cover, best as I, a non-lawyer, can tell, the use of copyrighted logos. Rip off the Windows overall design, but don’t touch those precious logos! | ||
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Why the dodgy name changing? Seems that after Linuxfx was initially released, it was discovered that security was, as we might say, lacking. User information was released to just about anybody with access to the CyberTech database (review https:// | Why the dodgy name changing? Seems that after Linuxfx was initially released, it was discovered that security was, as we might say, lacking. User information was released to just about anybody with access to the CyberTech database (review https:// | ||
- | Seems this was around 2017 which, as it appears, Wubuntu 11 was released. At that point the website changed to http:// | + | Seems this was around 2017 which, as it appears, Wubuntu 11 was released. At that point the website changed to http:// |
- | Don’t fret about which one to download though, they are both the same. | + | Et quel est ce concept ? Wubuntu peut ressembler à Windows autant qu'il le souhaite, mais les développeurs ne peuvent pas utiliser le code sous-jacent qui fait de Windows un produit sous licence. |
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+ | Distrowatch ne propose aucune liste pour Wubuntu ni pour Windowsfx, mais ce dernier remonte à Linuxfx 11 (https:// | ||
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+ | Hmm, vous voulez parier que CyberTech et Linuxfx Software ne sont pas liés ? Vous perdriez. Les deux ont les mêmes coordonnées. | ||
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+ | Pourquoi ce changement de nom douteux ? Il semble qu' | ||
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+ | Il semble que cela se soit produit vers 2017, date à laquelle Wubuntu 11 a été publié. À cette époque, le site Web est devenu http:// | ||
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+ | **Don’t fret about which one to download though, they are both the same. | ||
However, differences do exist - maybe not physically but otherwise. Visit the Linuxfx website and you’ll see a couple of Microsoft references, mainly concerning OneDrive and Copilot, but not much else. Either app can easily be added to any Linux variation so that’s nothing extraordinary. | However, differences do exist - maybe not physically but otherwise. Visit the Linuxfx website and you’ll see a couple of Microsoft references, mainly concerning OneDrive and Copilot, but not much else. Either app can easily be added to any Linux variation so that’s nothing extraordinary. | ||
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And what’s with the PowerTools app? For $35 you can tweak the Windows lookalike settings even more, plus it grants “improved support for .exe and .msi applications” along with “Android Subsystem” support. | And what’s with the PowerTools app? For $35 you can tweak the Windows lookalike settings even more, plus it grants “improved support for .exe and .msi applications” along with “Android Subsystem” support. | ||
- | Wait a minute, let me get this right. You give up your payment info in return PowerTools and a possibility that your information might be leaked? | + | Wait a minute, let me get this right. You give up your payment info in return PowerTools and a possibility that your information might be leaked?** |
- | What a deal! Has the leak been plugged? Who knows, the jury is still out on that one. | + | Ne vous inquiétez pas pour savoir lequel télécharger, ils sont identiques. |
- | Due diligence, my friends! Look up the term caveat emptor! | + | Cependant, des différences existent, peut-être pas physiquement, |
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+ | Vous verrez également des mentions de « Windows Linux avec Co-Pilot 24.04 » et de « Windows Ubuntu », ainsi que de « PowerTools » (une imitation de MS PowerToys) et, ma préférée, | ||
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+ | Et qu'en est-il de l' | ||
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+ | Attendez une minute, laissez-moi bien comprendre. Vous donnez vos informations de paiement en échange de PowerTools et d'une possible fuite de vos informations ? | ||
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+ | **What a deal! Has the leak been plugged? Who knows, the jury is still out on that one. Due diligence, my friends! Look up the term caveat emptor! | ||
Not one to shy away from a challenge, I went ahead and downloaded the free version of both (4.6 GB) but passed on the $35 PowerTools setup. | Not one to shy away from a challenge, I went ahead and downloaded the free version of both (4.6 GB) but passed on the $35 PowerTools setup. | ||
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Worth noting, while everything else is listed as “fair use”, PowerTools is proprietary. I have no clue how close it may be to MIcrosoft’s PowerToys; however, I do find it odd that the Windows version is free but Wubuntu’s is not (then again, you pay for Windows but not for PowerToys). | Worth noting, while everything else is listed as “fair use”, PowerTools is proprietary. I have no clue how close it may be to MIcrosoft’s PowerToys; however, I do find it odd that the Windows version is free but Wubuntu’s is not (then again, you pay for Windows but not for PowerToys). | ||
- | So, I decided to make a screenshot of Windows 11 so you could compare it to Wubuntu. | + | So, I decided to make a screenshot |
+ | Looks identical, right? One slight issue - that’s Wubuntu you’re looking at, not Windows 11. | ||
+ | Oh, and by the way, that’s also Linuxfx 11. Not a lick of difference between the two, at least on the desktop.** | ||
+ | Quelle affaire ! La fuite a-t-elle été colmatée ? Qui sait, le jury n'a pas encore tranché. Soyez vigilants, mes amis ! Cherchez l' | ||
- | Looks identical, right? One slight issue - that’s | + | N' |
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+ | Mais maman n'a pas fait de bêtises. J'ai simplement essayé la version Live et j'ai renoncé à l' | ||
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+ | À noter : si tout le reste est répertorié comme « fair use », PowerTools est propriétaire. Je n'ai aucune idée de sa proximité avec PowerToys de Microsoft ; cependant, je trouve étrange que la version Windows soit gratuite mais pas celle de Wubuntu | ||
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+ | J'ai donc décidé de faire une capture d' | ||
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+ | C'est ressemblant, | ||
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+ | Oh, et au fait, c'est aussi Linuxfx 11. Il n'y a pas la moindre différence entre les deux, du moins sur le bureau. | ||
- | Oh, and by the way, that’s also Linuxfx 11. Not a lick of difference between the two, at least on the desktop. | ||
- | Here’s the kicker. When you boot Wubuntu 11 or LinuxFX 11, what’s one of the first things you see? The Microsoft blue foursquare design. Doesn’t say Microsoft, doesn’t say Wubuntu or Linuxfx, doesn’t say diddly. It’s just the MS foursquare logo along with an entry in the corner stating “Windows Linux with Copilot” and the Copilot logo. | + | **Here’s the kicker. When you boot Wubuntu 11 or LinuxFX 11, what’s one of the first things you see? The Microsoft blue foursquare design. Doesn’t say Microsoft, doesn’t say Wubuntu or Linuxfx, doesn’t say diddly. It’s just the MS foursquare logo along with an entry in the corner stating “Windows Linux with Copilot” and the Copilot logo. |
I checked the Microsoft website and found, “Microsoft allows third parties to use its trademarked logos only via formal license”. | I checked the Microsoft website and found, “Microsoft allows third parties to use its trademarked logos only via formal license”. | ||
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Click on Winver (that’s right, WINdows VERsion) and you’ll see this: | Click on Winver (that’s right, WINdows VERsion) and you’ll see this: | ||
+ | If memory serves me right, isn’t that the MS flag they used for Windows XP? Guess if you’re going to do a Windows makeover (maybe transplant is a better word), you may as well go all the way. | ||
+ | Do like the comment, “Operating System and its interface are designed using open-source tools available on the internet…” In the old days, we called this CYA (look it up if you must).** | ||
- | If memory serves me right, isn’t that the MS flag they used for Windows XP? Guess if you’re going to do a Windows makeover (maybe transplant is a better word), you may as well go all the way. | + | Et voilà le hic. Lorsque vous démarrez Wubuntu 11 ou LinuxFX 11, quelle est la première chose que vous voyez ? Le logo Microsoft en forme de carré bleu. Il n' |
- | Do like the comment, “Operating System and its interface are designed using open-source tools available on the internet…” In the old days, we called this CYA (look it up if you must). | + | J'ai consulté le site Web de Microsoft et j'ai trouvé : « Microsoft autorise les tiers à utiliser ses logos de marque déposée uniquement sous la licence officielle. » |
- | However, as the infomercials used to say, “...wait, there’s more!”. | + | Hmm, après avoir vérifié le site Web de Wubuntu, je ne vois rien concernant une marque déposée ou une licence officielle. Ai-je raté quelque chose ? |
- | Much like Windows | + | Mais l' |
- | Let’s click on the menu to see what it has to hold: | + | Cliquez sur Winver (oui, WINdows VERsion) et vous verrez ceci (image à droite) |
+ | Si ma mémoire est bonne, n' | ||
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+ | J'aime bien le commentaire : | ||
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+ | **However, as the infomercials used to say, “...wait, there’s more!”. | ||
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+ | Much like Windows 11, both Wubuntu and Linuxfx don’t have a formal menu button, but you can add one (you can in Windows, too, but it might cost a couple bucks). Guess what? It’s the MS foursquare design, again. | ||
+ | Let’s click on the menu to see what it has to hold. | ||
Should have guessed, a whole suite of MS-based online office apps, not to mention the ONLYOFFICE package just in case you want to create MS based docs without paying for the online MS versions. | Should have guessed, a whole suite of MS-based online office apps, not to mention the ONLYOFFICE package just in case you want to create MS based docs without paying for the online MS versions. | ||
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Curiously, Wubuntu developers opted not to duplicate the MS Office icons. Gee, may as well do that, too! | Curiously, Wubuntu developers opted not to duplicate the MS Office icons. Gee, may as well do that, too! | ||
- | No LibreOffice here my friends (which, by the way, can create MS formatted docs, presentations and spreadsheets - something they ignored or forgot). | + | No LibreOffice here my friends (which, by the way, can create MS formatted docs, presentations and spreadsheets - something they ignored or forgot).** |
- | And what of internet apps like browsers and email? | + | Cependant, comme le disaient les publicités : |
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+ | Tout comme Windows 11, | ||
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+ | Cliquons sur le menu pour voir ce qu’il contient. | ||
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+ | J’aurais dû m’en douter : une suite complète d’applications bureautiques en ligne basées sur Microsoft, sans parler du pack ONLYOFFICE, au cas où vous voudriez créer des documents basés sur Microsoft sans payer pour les versions en ligne de Microsoft. | ||
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+ | Heureusement, | ||
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+ | Étonnamment, | ||
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+ | Pas de LibreOffice ici, mes amis (qui, soit dit en passant, peut créer des documents, des présentations et des feuilles de calcul au format MS - quelque chose qu'ils ont ignoré ou oublié). | ||
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+ | **And what of internet apps like browsers and email? | ||
Chrome and Thunderbird are offered via the app store, but Outlook (online) and the MS Edge browser (which any Linux version can install) come as standard menu entries. That’s nothing new, anybody can do that on nearly any version of Linux. | Chrome and Thunderbird are offered via the app store, but Outlook (online) and the MS Edge browser (which any Linux version can install) come as standard menu entries. That’s nothing new, anybody can do that on nearly any version of Linux. | ||
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To be fair, however, these operating systems run adequately for what they are - Kubuntu with a candy-coated shell on top. Nothing special, just like Kubuntu. If you’re a distro-hopper like me, you’ll be bored within an hour and ready to move on. | To be fair, however, these operating systems run adequately for what they are - Kubuntu with a candy-coated shell on top. Nothing special, just like Kubuntu. If you’re a distro-hopper like me, you’ll be bored within an hour and ready to move on. | ||
- | Should you give either one of these a shot as your daily OS of choice? Still on the fence? Do yourself a favor, go back to the beginning of this article, and read it again. | + | Should you give either one of these a shot as your daily OS of choice? Still on the fence? Do yourself a favor, go back to the beginning of this article, and read it again.** |
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+ | Et qu'en est-il des applications internet comme les navigateurs et la messagerie ? | ||
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+ | Chrome et Thunderbird sont disponibles sur l'App Store, mais Outlook (en ligne) et le navigateur MS Edge (que toute version de Linux peut installer) sont proposés par défaut dans le menu. Ce n'est pas nouveau, tout le monde peut le faire sur presque toutes les versions de Linux. | ||
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+ | Toutes les applications ne sont pas des imitations, cependant. L'App Store est standard pour Kubuntu/ | ||
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+ | Pour être honnête, ces systèmes d' | ||
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+ | Voulez-vous essayer l'un ou l' | ||
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