Lindows - OS of the future.

mari0 · 09-01-02, 06:09 AM

I wasn't sure if your guys heard,but there is a OS called Lindows. Its a mix between Linux & Windows, I think it pretty good. I'm gonna order it for my lap top . Lindows.com is the site.

Cowboy Shane · 09-01-02, 06:58 AM

Have you tried Lidows yet? From what I hear it does not run very many Windows programs, or at least not any better than other distros can do with wine. If windows compatability is a requirement for you, you may be very dissapointed.

DarkArctic · 09-01-02, 10:35 AM

Apparently it's not all it's cracked up to be. I'd rather get a distro that DOESN'T allow you to run as root 100% of the time. I'm sure you'd get the same results with the latest version of wine or WineX. It's supposed to be really user friendly though. But I'm sure that Mandrake could live up to that too.

-DarkArctic

XWRed1 · 09-01-02, 01:31 PM

Lindows isn't some fantastic new innnovative OS. Its just a Linux distro with KDE and Wine up the wazoo.

David · 09-01-02, 03:48 PM

The best OS to run windows apps is windows.

Lindows is nothing that you couldn't set up on any normal distro.

David

Cowboy Shane · 09-01-02, 03:53 PM

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Originally posted by David

Lindows is nothing that you couldn't set up on any normal distro.

David

In fact it's a lot you would not want to set up. I've had good luck with Lycoris, Mandrake, and Suse as beginner distros. Heck, Lycoris lets you play solitaire while installing.

Johnny Knoxville · 09-01-02, 07:26 PM

Believe me, Lindows is not the future.

cheaterzx22 · 09-02-02, 09:27 PM

I have used Lindows.... it was really user friendly. But it doesnt include the source so i couldnt recompile my kernel with the modules for my modem and sound.

Fedorenko · 09-03-02, 01:31 AM

Lindows is just KDE with wine incorporated. If a linux guru tried, we could do the same kind of thing in a few hours.

UnseenMenace · 09-03-02, 01:43 AM

Its also worth remembering that the biggest problem with Lindows is that it apparently runs everything with root priviliges and as such destroys many of the security features associated with Linux

PhoenixMDM · 09-04-02, 12:18 PM

I installed Lindows once, fooling around, cause i got ahold of it from a freind. It WAS pretty user freindly.

WineX definitely works better. A million times better. I can't wait till CS 1.6 comes out, then I'll basically be able to use JUST linux

XWRed1 · 09-04-02, 11:43 PM

Whats special about CS1.6? Are they going to make it work with Wine again? Right now, it doesn't work at all I hear because they make anti-cheat stuff mandatory, and that doesn't play with Wine.

PhoenixMDM · 09-05-02, 12:42 PM

Yeah, 1.6 lets people using WineX play on any server, and to have it NOT be detected as a cheat. I used to play 1.3 through WineX for like a week, then they threw that anticheat junk.

What's screwy is this: i see more cheaters since the anticheat was put in... oh well, whatever.

XWRed1 · 09-05-02, 07:13 PM

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Originally posted by PhoenixMDM
Yeah, 1.6 lets people using WineX play on any server, and to have it NOT be detected as a cheat. I used to play 1.3 through WineX for like a week, then they threw that anticheat junk.

What's screwy is this: i see more cheaters since the anticheat was put in... oh well, whatever.

So this fix in the 1.6 release is actually the fruition of Transgaming's collaboration with Valve? Very cool to see Linux getting at least a little support from a company of Windows *****s like Valve.

Heh, maybe those 'cheaters' are winers.

09-01-02, 06:09 AM	Thread Starter #1
mari0 New Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Pennsylvania	Lindows - OS of the future. I wasn't sure if your guys heard,but there is a OS called Lindows. Its a mix between Linux & Windows, I think it pretty good. I'm gonna order it for my lap top . Lindows.com is the site.
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Cowboy Shane Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Augusta, GA	Have you tried Lidows yet? From what I hear it does not run very many Windows programs, or at least not any better than other distros can do with wine. If windows compatability is a requirement for you, you may be very dissapointed.
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DarkArctic Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Ontario, Canada	Apparently it's not all it's cracked up to be. I'd rather get a distro that DOESN'T allow you to run as root 100% of the time. I'm sure you'd get the same results with the latest version of wine or WineX. It's supposed to be really user friendly though. But I'm sure that Mandrake could live up to that too. -DarkArctic __________________ "Some people have told me they don't think a fat penguin really embodies the grace of Linux, which just tells me they have never seen a angry penguin charging at them in excess of 100mph. They'd be a lot more careful about what they say if they had." -Linus Torvalds My Heatware \| Overclockers.com Front Page \| Folding for Team 32 \| You Are Here
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XWRed1 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001	Lindows isn't some fantastic new innnovative OS. Its just a Linux distro with KDE and Wine up the wazoo.
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David Forums Super Moderator Overclockers.com Lead Editor Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Hiding from Americans and making pretty colours in a drybox in St Andrews	The best OS to run windows apps is windows. Lindows is nothing that you couldn't set up on any normal distro. David __________________ David J. Nelson MChem(Edin) PhD(Strath) AMRSC [Academia Profile] OC Forums Super Moderator // Overclockers.com Editor The Workhorse: [Lenovo W510] Intel Core i7-720QM / 8 GB DDR3 / nVidia Quadro FX880M / Crucial M4 256 GB SSD / Windows 7 The HTPC/Server: AMD Phenom X4 9650 / 6 GB DDR2 / nVidia 8300 / 5 TB of HDDs / Antec Solo II Case / Windows 7 The Gaming Rig: AMD Llano A6-3650 / 4 GB DDR3 / nVidia GTX260 / 2x 500 GB HDD in RAID0 / Antec Dark Fleet DF-85 Case / Windows 7 The Benchmarking Setup: Various LGA775 chips / Asus Rampage Formula / 2 GB OCZ 1066 MHz DDR2 / nVidia Quadro NVS 285 / 320 GB HDD / Windows 7 My research fellowship is eating all my time, so I may be slow to reply to emails and private messages.
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Johnny Knoxville Disabled Join Date: May 2002	Believe me, Lindows is not the future.
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09-02-02, 09:27 PM	#8
cheaterzx22 Registered Join Date: Mar 2002	I have used Lindows.... it was really user friendly. But it doesnt include the source so i couldnt recompile my kernel with the modules for my modem and sound.
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Fedorenko Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Brisbane, Australia	Lindows is just KDE with wine incorporated. If a linux guru tried, we could do the same kind of thing in a few hours.
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UnseenMenace UnseenModerator Join Date: Apr 2001	Its also worth remembering that the biggest problem with Lindows is that it apparently runs everything with root priviliges and as such destroys many of the security features associated with Linux __________________ one M15x is never enough
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09-04-02, 12:18 PM	#11
PhoenixMDM Piano Man Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Candia, NH	I installed Lindows once, fooling around, cause i got ahold of it from a freind. It WAS pretty user freindly. WineX definitely works better. A million times better. I can't wait till CS 1.6 comes out, then I'll basically be able to use JUST linux
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XWRed1 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001	Whats special about CS1.6? Are they going to make it work with Wine again? Right now, it doesn't work at all I hear because they make anti-cheat stuff mandatory, and that doesn't play with Wine.
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09-05-02, 12:42 PM	#13
PhoenixMDM Piano Man Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Candia, NH	Yeah, 1.6 lets people using WineX play on any server, and to have it NOT be detected as a cheat. I used to play 1.3 through WineX for like a week, then they threw that anticheat junk. What's screwy is this: i see more cheaters since the anticheat was put in... oh well, whatever.
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