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I need some further explanation what I'm looking at.

Is this a themed ubuntu with heavy wine integration to provide some windows functionality?

Ugh, not a fan of their demo video. They showcase office compatibility by using the o365 web apps. Thats pretty deceptive imo.

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Yes pretty much. Custom theme that you have to pay for eventually (free for 30 days) plus wine integration and some pre installed apps.

I think the way you have to pay adds to the realism :P

So they're ripping wallpapers and icons from Windows, copy the design, and want money for that. Let's see how long this will stay up...

Heck, just trademarks alone would be enough to take this down, both from Canonical and Microsoft.

> Any redistribution of modified versions of Ubuntu must be approved, certified or provided by Canonical if you are going to associate it with the Trademarks. Otherwise you must remove and replace the Trademarks and will need to recompile the source code to create your own binaries

Somehow I have a feeling that this was not approved by Canonical

I am pretty sure the whole point is trolling.

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