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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Finally - someone who gets it! I've been using Linux since the pre-1.x kernel days and I've been waiting for something like Lindows since then. I replaced my beloved SuSE with Lindows because it gives me what I want on my desktop - a clean, simple and easy to use tool.
For those who want to go beyond, you can always drop to a command line and do what you wish. I had to do this (using apt-get and alien) to get Acrobat Reader, Xzgv and a couple other "essential" tools that I always use on a Linux distro. I also had to do some fiddling to get my wireless card to work and to get RealPlayer to play nice with Netscape. But for the "average Joe" user, Lindows does what it sets out to do and very well.
Thanks for the rational look. There is way too much hysteria in the Linux world and a good dose of reason now and then is A Good Thing!
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