Linked by Adam S on Wed 25th Sep 2002 02:21 UTC
The Linux community has been buzzing about LindowsOS since its original announcement over a year ago. With Michael Robertson, founder of mp3.com, at the helm, it was heralded as a Linux that could seamlessly run all of your Windows applications. As details became available, the skepticism of the community grew and with the LindowsOS general release only months away, no one is quite sure what to make of Lindows.com and their product, LindowsOS. We tested Lindows 2.0 and we today present the most in-depth review ever written for this much-talked OS, accompanied by a number of shots.
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"One of my concerns with using any distribution is that Linux is so volatile, I am afraid I'll be caught using one that I soon find unsupported or abandoned. There's a professional feel to LindowsOS that makes you confident that it's not going anywhere for awhile."
I read this and just laughed and laughed. Linux is a volatile as you want it to be. There are plently of Redhat 6.2(an old distro geekspeak) installs out there and they ARE STILL supported by Redhat and many other vendors like Oracle, IBM, HP, Dell etc. The same could be said for any of the older releases by Debian or Mandrake etc. If you had a clue, Lindows would be the vendor to worry about. Lindows is king of PR stunts and false promises. It is in fact an embarassment to the linux community.
If you want a good linux desktop distro, use Lycoris or the upcoming Redhat 8.0 which will be out soon.
Lindows is a Johnny come lately who won't be around for the long haul and in the end will add nothing to the linux community.
The only reason Lindows even got any publicity in the first place is they said you'd be able to run windows apps. Now they've backed away after getting their share of free PR.
Please people if your going to spend your hard earned money buy something else.