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.
Permalink for comment
To read all comments associated with this story, please click here.
To read all comments associated with this story, please click here.
Recent Original Stories
Recent Comments
Headlines
Random Comments
Random Stories
Random OS Link
I set up an account on my Debian box for my four year old daughter, who uses the "Penguin Computer" for things like TuxRacer, TuxPaint, TuxTyping, and other Debian-Junior type stuff. For convenience, I configured kdm to let her log in without a password. I don't know why, but she won't hear of it. "Daddddddy - I want a password!". So now she learns to enter her user name and password. I would agree that the "run as root" idea deserves to be buried, even if Lindows is going after Windows users. Just because "everyone does it" doesn't mean it isn't a stupid idea.
p.s. it is really a scream to hear a four year old yell out "K-D-E" as she logs onto the computer.
p.p.s. if BeOS had really caught on, the single-user, run-as-root paradigm would have become a big problem, although Be apparently had plans to make BeOS multi-user and (more) secure in the future roadmap before the company went under.