Linked by Robert Trembath on Sat 30th Aug 2003 11:41 UTC
As a system administrator, I have used Windows on the desktop since 2.0 and used to run Windows XP at home for my family. I use Linux and Windows servers at work and prefer (Red Hat) Linux for its security, stability and usefulness in a company with a diminishing IT budget. More than a year ago I started experimenting with Linux as a desktop solution and after installing and using more than 7 different distros along with many various versions of those distros, I found a distro that is doing everything its suppose to do, right out of the box. I'm talking about the pleasantly suprising Lindows 4.0.
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I have tried the 4.0 version of Lindows. It does everything it says it does. Fast and easy install, smooth OS, with excellent user friendly approach. I only have 2 suggestions for the Lindows folks.
1. Add the ability to customize the partitioning during the install. Make it simple enough for a total newbie to use without affecting your easy approach now used.
2. Add some sort of multimedia explanation on how to setup users rather than running as root by default. WinXP has the ability to run in a user mode. Unfortunately too many of the computer manufacturers still release XP "running as root" which defeats the improvements made by Microsoft including this ability in XP. (it doesn't help that half the software vendors still release software for Windows that doesn't work with the permissions in XP but thats another issue)
Linux shouldn't fall into this same trap. There are huge security advantages to users when they run in a user mode rather then root mode. It just takes a simple explanation to "newbies" such as:
"In "User Mode" junior can't delete Dads tax files." (multimedia demo talking)
(Dad thinking) Cool! Where is that user button, I want to add users now!