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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I thought I was being very favorable toward Lindows. I did state that it never gave me any trouble on my secondary system, and I praised them for the new NetZero software and the upgraded tutorials. I have noted many advantages to Lindows. My only complaint was the fact that Lindows could not cope with a computer where the onboard video was BIOS disableded/set-to-secondary-status/something-or-other'ed, and an upgraded video card had been installed. This kind of configuration is by no means unusual, according to my experience.
And yet, from the righteous indignation shown in this thread one would swear that I am advocating a mob assault on the Lindows headquaters. I like Lindows. Does that mean that it is treason and heresy and blasphemy for me to point out that they still have a few issues?
"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."
Now really....
I changed the hardware a couple of years ago. It was a simple and routine operation and required no reflection of 'consequences'. It is a *routine* thing to disable onboard video and upgrade to a newer card. I have been doing it since the days of 80286's for goodness sake. I can't count the times I have done the same thing to a 486 or a Pentium. It isn't as if I just invented this procedure for the single purpose of frustrating Lindows.
Barry