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Old 12-02-2002
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Lindows

There is a four-page article by Fred Langa on LindowsOS 3.0 here -

http://www.informationweek.com/story/IWK20021127S0017

Eric,

http://www.legge40.freeserve.co.uk/BuyerBeware.htm
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Old 12-07-2002
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I dont like Lindows very much ........
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Old 12-07-2002
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Why not? From what I've read it's quite good, though a bit too "userfriendly" like Xp for my tastes...

But I might just put it on a partition to see how good the support for winapps is... If it's good enough....
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Old 12-07-2002
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I guess the only reason I dont like it too much is because most programs are made to used under a Microsoft OS..so I guess it's just because of it not being able to use all the Windows Programs I like so much. But I guess I'll change my vote here..I like Lindows...I cant wait till better version come out though...something that can compete better with MS....
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Old 12-07-2002
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Hehehe... I can understand you'd like to see better support for windows apps...

We'll probably see more apps with support for linux/lindows if they manage to get a bigger share of the desktop market...
Until then we can use wine or some other program which'll add support for windows apps....
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Old 12-07-2002
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Yes yes...Microsoft pretty much has the desktop to itself right now...but that cant last forever....If the Rebels defeated the Empire in Star Wars..than Linux can atleast take some of the desktop pc's for itself within the next 5 years...
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Old 12-08-2002
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In order to destroy the Evil Empire you have to throw a bomb into a ventilation shaft of MS headquarters and throw Bill Gates into a bottomless pit...
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Old 12-08-2002
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Wel then perhaps were better off just colonizing mars, and only alowing Linux based systems there.....Cause MS owns earth ..as far as software....
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Old 12-08-2002
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Nodsu> LOL! Great post! Cheered me right up

Vassil> I don't think we'll have to migrate to Mars to get away from MS... We just have to make ppl aware that Linux isn't as bad as MS says....
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Old 12-10-2002
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Yes I know....just a neat thought
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Old 12-10-2002
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Originally posted by MrGaribaldi
Why not? From what I've read it's quite good, though a bit too "userfriendly" like Xp for my tastes...

But I might just put it on a partition to see how good the support for winapps is... If it's good enough....
The Compatibility is not very good, it is essentially just a built in copy of WINE. I tried Lindows V2 and the Windows emulation was more unstable than Windows itself.

Lindows looks nice, but then again so can any Linux Distro.
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Old 12-10-2002
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If you don't like emulation, why not use native apps? There are tons of apps for Linux, no Wine needed.
I don't miss any Window$ app
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Old 12-31-2002
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Lindows is suing WIndows!!! Click here.
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Old 12-31-2002
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i thought windows was suing lindows.
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Old 12-31-2002
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I think that the mere fact that a computer user is looking at an OS other than Microsoft is worthy of note. Lindows might not be to my tastes, but if it works for you then good. Why not post some more information about your experiences with it and other information??
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