Linked by Barry Smith on Tue 23rd Dec 2003 20:02 UTC
Linspire So far this series has checked out Lindows 4.0, Libranet 2.8.1 and MEPIS 2003.10. Meanwhile both Lindows.com and Xandros have been busy little beavers and spat out new versions of their software, each on the same day. Since I am trying to find the best bang for my buck in a Debian based commercial distro, and since I am already a registered user of LindowsOS, I felt compelled to download a free copy of Lindows 4.5 to have a second look at this thing.
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RE: Fair ratings?
by RonE on Tue 23rd Dec 2003 23:12 UTC

Quote: "You are revewing Debian based desktop systems, and a desktop system requires you to have some sort of modern hardware. It's called optimization."

1) Another desktop OS (obvious) will work fine with the same hardware...isn't the "other OS" the primary competitor for the Lindows-type distros?

2) One thing I always hear bantered about Linux in general (no, not in the aforementioned post) is how it works better on older hardware...is your comment inferring the "desktop distros" remove all this type of support? Just curious...