Preserved Topic: Lindows? |
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Maniac (V) Mad Scientist From: Long Island, NY |
posted 09-17-2002 21:09
Has anyone gotten their hands on a copy of Lindows? |
Maniac (V) Inmate From: Brisbane, Australia |
posted 09-17-2002 21:33
Neva heard of it... |
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist From: Belgrade, Serbia |
posted 09-17-2002 22:13
LindowsOS is really a piece of crap. Those people are selling software that can be obtained for free... |
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist From: 100101010011 <-- right about here |
posted 09-17-2002 22:14
Lindows is a Linux offshoot that's supposed to allow you to run Windows native applications such as Office 2000 I can't find the list of supported software and from looking at the site it looks like they may be downplaying this angle a bit. |
Maniac (V) Inmate From: Brisbane, Australia |
posted 09-17-2002 22:28
Heh, looks like a company that wants to take everyone elses ideas and make money from them. Hell, even the site's nav bar is a blantant copy of the Mac website. What are they trying to say with this? We don't have any ideas of our our so we'll just copy everyone else. |
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist From: Long Island, NY |
posted 09-17-2002 22:31
I just don't understand exactly who the OS is directed out. I don't imagine too many Linux users are going to willingly pay for an OS when they're used to downloading the ISO's online. I don't imagine too many Windows users are going to be switching over either. I've also heard that they force you to log in as root so it's one big security but also. |
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist From: 100101010011 <-- right about here |
posted 09-17-2002 23:08
It was really intended for use on the desktop, particularly the corporate desktop. And to have a Linux that runs Windows applications would defnately be something most Linux users would love. |
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist From: Belgrade, Serbia |
posted 09-17-2002 23:17
LindowsOS uses WINE for running Windows applications. And since WINE is free (GPL) and can be installed on any *nix distro, there's no need for buying LindowsOS... |
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist From: 100101010011 <-- right about here |
posted 09-18-2002 00:10
Yeah it's supposed to use parts of WINE but the supposed difference was that they were going to add some additional "compatibility" layer to make it work better, this layer was basically what Lindows was selling (Since they can't really sell Linux). I have no idea where they got with this so it may well be just a repackaged version of Debian with WINE running realtively transparently. |
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist From: Belgrade, Serbia |
posted 09-18-2002 00:57 |
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist From: 127 Halcyon Road, Marenia, Atlantis |
posted 09-18-2002 05:06
actrually... I think Lindows is a PR game... some sort of ploy to get corporate interest in Linux... |
Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: A graveyard of dreams |
posted 09-18-2002 20:00
I've been using Linux for quite some time now and I haven't had any problem running Windows applications through WINE. At least msot of the programs I have tried worked without any problems. So I can't really see the reason for Lindows, especially when it isn't free. And if you really need to use a Windows program that doesn't work under Linux it isn't very hard to set up a duel boot system. |
Paranoid (IV) Mad Scientist From: Somewhere over the rainbow |
posted 09-18-2002 20:08
The poster has demanded we remove all his contributions, less he takes legal action. |
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist From: 100101010011 <-- right about here |
posted 09-18-2002 20:14
nah it's debian based. |
Paranoid (IV) Mad Scientist From: Somewhere over the rainbow |
posted 09-18-2002 20:39
The poster has demanded we remove all his contributions, less he takes legal action. |
Nervous Wreck (II) Inmate From: home sweet home |
posted 09-18-2002 21:16
IF (like mrMax said) lindows uses WINE, which is GPLd, it too has to be GPLd so if they sell a copy it can be distributed free of charge ) |