Anyone Trying out Lindows?

March 19, 2002 11:43 AM from

Do you think that lindows will make a dent in the OS Market? or is it just Vaporwere?

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Reply #1 March 19, 2002 12:48 PM from

If it's real, and it actually WORKS, this could be the "killer app" that makes me switch to Linux full-time.

But the fact that they're already asking for money from users seems a bit fishy, and even after joining their "insiders" group there are still no guarantess you'll get to test the software. I'll wait and see. Sounds promising, but I'm cautious.

Reply #2 March 19, 2002 5:33 PM from

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The funney thing is it uses WINE to run windows probrams, cant you just do that with any Linux version.

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Reply #3 March 19, 2002 7:47 PM from

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Are they doing anything special beyond being yet another Linux distro bundled with WINE? Is there some sort of tighter/friendlier integration between the OS and WINE as opposed to just installing WINE afterwards? Just curious 'cause as an admited newbie I don't see the difference.

Reply #4 March 20, 2002 10:18 AM from

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Umm... this is gonna sound silly, but what on earth is lindows??????????

Reply #5 March 20, 2002 11:08 AM from

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Splash: www.lindows.com
It's a Linux operating system that will allegedly support Windows programs.

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