Linked by Barry Smith on Tue 23rd Dec 2003 20:02 UTC
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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...And I don't care the slightest whit about whether the BIOS switch disables the onboard video, or sets it as secondary, or castrates it with a rusty nail file, or just gives it a cookie and puts it to bed. All I want to do is use the dang thing. I cherish my ignorance regarding video chipsets and I intend to guard that self-same ignorance with ferocious determination. It worked on the vast majority of other distros that I have tried on that box, so I am unhappy that it won't work with Lindows.
So let me get this straight. You change the hardware, refuse to actually think about the consequences of doing so, and Lindows is supposed to mind read how you want things to work?
By "cherishing your igorance", you are being diliberatly stupid. I appreciate that you are trying to do this from the perspective of the average Joe, but as a reviewer, you are supposed to understand the issues, and why something may or may not work.