On Saturday, Nov 16, 2002, at 22:30 Europe/London, William Ove wrote: > Walmart is about the first place willing to sell Intel based PCs > without including an OS from Microsoft, I am thinking it is something > to be encouraged. > > Lindows is a repackaging of Corel Linux, which was based on Denebian > Linux, and was considered a pretty good distribution. Microsoft took > them to court over the name Lindows and reading the judges ruling makes > for some interesting reading. > > I think the selling point behind Lindows is that it comes with "Wine" > configured so that it can run Windows software. Which is probably a > feat in an of itself, since as I understand much of Windows software > does not even run well under Windows.
Apparently all reports I have heard are that Lindows is a bit unstable (well more-so than Windows if you get my drift) running Windows software. It's not surprising as it's an Emulator Emulating an OS that is at least as complicated as the one it's already running. From a non-OS point of view thought they are very cheap and nasty PCs as well. A UK company has just started selling them at GBP129 each, which to me says "stay away". -- Mark Benson AIM - SilValleyPirate Visit FlatPackMacs online: <http://fpm.gotdns.com> Visit my Homepage: <http://homepage.mac.com/markbenson> "Never send a human to do a machine's job." -The Matrix -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
