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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Thank you Adam for your great article. I had just gotten Lindows 2.0 set up and the first thing I see is your article :-)
I've been trying them all for Joe User - Lycoris, ELX, etc. Lindows has befuddled me because of their shifting definition of what it is. It seems they have settled on that now, at least. Despite using Lindows, I've been wary of it because I have not been too sure of what they're doing. I have to admit though, they are delivering an alternative to Windows for the average consumer. Your thorough review of its good and not-so-good points do not bear rehashing on my part. So, I have only a couple of remarks to make.
Some of the Linux users cannot surpress themselves from bashing Lindows, no matter how often it is emphasized that this is not their Linux. Most cannot or will not try and view these type of distros as Joe User would. Lindows 2.0 has achieved a very organized and attractive look and feel. C-R works extremely well. It is far from being a "disgrace".
Security - this is an issue to me. I cannot imagine that Lindows has come this far and will continue without addressing this in some way. Lycoris has a great feature in its Control Center where you are asked if you would like to turn the firewall on - yes or no. It's so easy, I can't imagine Lindows will not come up with something of this nature.
My only big criticism of Lindows (unless they've changed this) is that if you buy a Microtel PC at Wal-Mart with Lindows, there is no Lindows documentation, not even a little 20 page manual like Lycoris has. it would not be difficult at all to put together a small manual explaining in very simple terms how things basically work, why you might want to create users and to warn against the typical things that newbies do. Again, unless the situation has changed, I don't understand why they don't have something like that. It would be of great help to the Windows users they're trying to attract.
Thanks again Adam for another great article!