Forget Lindows if you need the features it has use Xandros ! ! !
It works it rocks.
Bill P.
-----Original Message-----
From: Justin <m9u35@yahoo.com>
To: slug@nks.net <slug@nks.net>
Date: Monday, January 13, 2003 10:11 PM
Subject: Re: [SLUG] Lindows -- WAS: A new idea?
>Ok. Yes it is. However, it runs as root by default. Yeah, it uses
>wine. No, I haven't used it. I don't remember which distro it is,
>but I'm pretty sure it's based on Red Hat. There's nothing different
>about it except it's less secure and more newbie-friendly. Lindows
>encourages a subscription to their service to install new/updated
>programs. It's full-blown Linux underneath.
>
>--Justin
>
>On Mon, 2003-01-13 at 21:23, Ronald KA4INM Youvan wrote:
>> > I've heard a number of people say they didn't like the Lindows.
>
>> What I've read about it, before it was being delivered, was
>>
>> that it was a UNIX based OS that operated winblows programs.
>> (I assumed it booted directly into a wine substitute.)
>> Is it a real version of LINUX that contains C++ so real LINUX
>> programs can be compiled etc.? (from someone that tried it please)
>
>Justin Keyes
>m9u35@yahoo.com
>
>Democracy gives the aura of legitimacy to acts that would otherwise be
>considered tyranny. --Walter Williams
>
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