Lindows is a great transition for the MS people. It just seems to talk a
lot back to the home server. (And, I mean a LOT...) I noticed it was
talkin' a lot over the network, and there were a few comments on other
newsgroups about how it was sendin' encrypted packets back to the Lindows
servers. Just thought you might want to know...
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eben King" <eben1@tampabay.rr.com>
To: <slug@nks.net>
Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2004 3:34 AM
Subject: Re: [SLUG] Free LindowsOS Developer Edition
> On Fri, 23 Jan 2004, Douglas Koobs wrote:
>
> > > How do I get to it? I couldn't find "LindowsOS Dev".
> >
> > Try this URL:
> > http://www.lindows.com/lindows_storefront.php?own=no
>
> Thanks. There are apparently a lot of people who want to try Lindows.
> The people who run lindows.com have redone the queueing algorithm -- it's
> no longer FIFO. My position in line has increased. My guess is that
> paying customers get priority over freeloaders. Can't say as I blame
> them.
>
> http://24.94.123.66:81/500.png
>
> --
> -eben ebQenW1@EtaRmpTabYayU.rIr.OcoPm home.tampabay.rr.com/hactar
> PISCES: Try to avoid any Virgos or Leos with the Ebola virus.
> You are the Lord of the Dance, no matter what those idiots at
> work say. -- Weird Al, _Your Horoscope for Today_
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> This list is provided as an unmoderated internet service by Networked
> Knowledge Systems (NKS). Views and opinions expressed in messages
> posted are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the
> official policy or position of NKS or any of its employees.
>
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
This list is provided as an unmoderated internet service by Networked
Knowledge Systems (NKS). Views and opinions expressed in messages
posted are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the
official policy or position of NKS or any of its employees.
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.3 : Fri Aug 01 2014 - 20:29:38 EDT
