Lindows Os

[retarded130]

Ok I know that lindows recently sent out mayby about a thousand preview's of it's new os, due out later this year.

I wanted to try it before just going out and possibly wasting money on it,
does any one know where I can find a copy of the preview to see it I want to give it a try or not?

 

[skip]

Go to their site and pay $119

 

[David]

I wouldn't bother with Lindows, personally. You are imho better off with mainstream Linux distros - I know that a lot of people have had success with WINE.

There is another point as well - if Windows Apps will work in Linux, why develop for Linux? This could cause a big problem as Linux grows.

 

[Jeff Bolton]

plus i think lindows is getting a lot of their emulation technology from wine as it is. i agree with penguin. i'd rather dual-boot regardless, so i can have what i want in either os without a lot of hassle.

jeff

 

[XWRed1]

The CEO of Lindows says that its based off of wine, and they are focussing on getting a handful of heavy-hitter apps working like MS Office and IE. It will by no means be perfect when it comes to running Windows apps.

 

[retarded130]

I think what Lindows.com is trying to do has merit.
Untill a few years Back I didn't know anything about what an os or a kernel is, and I thought that windows was all thier was.
The majority of people today I think only know windows and lindows is trying to make another os avaliable to people is a good move.
If lindows becomes popular when it starts selling then mayby people will become interested in other alternative OS's.
That would be a great thing because then major companies would have a reason to spend millions of developing new and radical software.
So, rather then creating thier own OS from scratch lindows based it off linux, which I know must be giving thier programming staff a lot of headache's when it comes to windows emulation, but if they ever get it to work well, then I would gladly buy a copy.

 

[Cooler666]

If Lindows can pull off all of Microsoft's and Linux work within 2 years of works it will be nothing short of a miracle or they have the best programmers in the world

expect lots of bugs, and don't the final version till at least 2004 pending the Microsoft Lawsuit against them

 

[XWRed1]

Lindows isn't some new OS that runs Linux and Windows programs. Its just another Linux distro, with a tweaked and more integrated Wine.

 

[Jeff Bolton]

what's next, winux?

jeff

 

[David]

Considered starting a debate, but better off in the debates forum - 'Should Linux try to be like Windows'

 

[confined]

I have Lindows OS, e-mail me at [email protected] or ICQ (61880172) or MSN ([email protected])