Pioneer Linux fails to excite
In November, Techalign released its Pioneer Linux distribution, based on Kubuntu, and available in several paid versions and one free version. I tested the recent Pioneer Linux Basic Release 2 (R2), which is based on Kubuntu Edgy 6.10. Apart from a few minor cosmetic changes and some additional applications, Pioneer isn't very different from a stock Kubuntu.
Pioneer Linux Basic R2 is a live CD, and as with Kubuntu, you can install the operating system to a hard drive once you've booted the live environment. The first boot screen is branded Pioneer, and so is the wallpaper, but everything else, from the graphical bootsplash to the installation script, displays Kubuntu artwork.
Pioneer shares Kubuntu Edgy's Linux kernel 2.6.17 and KDE 3.5.4, as well as OpenOffice.org 2.0.4 for word processing, Samba 3.0.22 for sharing files with Windows computers over the network, Amarok 1.4.3 and Xine 1.1.2 for playing multimedia, K3b 0.12.17 for burning optical disks, and several other applications.
With virtually the same apps, structure, and presentation as Kubuntu, why would anyone want to use Pioneer? A few additional applications might help it pull in some users.
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