On Tue, Dec 11, 2001 at 04:03:52PM -0500, Russell McOrmond announced: > > I am wondering if any of you have heard of this one, and could send a > personal review? > > --- > Russell McOrmond, Internet Consultant: <http://www.flora.ca/> > See http://weblog.flora.org/ for announcements, activities, and opinions > G20 events, Electoral Reform, Taxation, Microsoft, Terrorism, > Buy Nothing Day, Xmas gift idea, Noam Chomsky, Intellectual Monopolies > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 23:03:13 -0500 > From: Ken Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], Andy Backa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > Ivan Fernandez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: lazarus: Elx Linux > > HI, > > Have you guys seen Elx Linux? http://www.elxlinux.com/index.php Elx = > "Everyones Linux" > > It looks quite interesting. They've taken a modern Linux system (2.4 > kernel, KDE 2.2, etc) and made a new distribution with the intent of making > it as easy to use as possible, and integrate very well in a Microsoft OS > environment. I.e. It Automatically discovers a Windows PDC and gets itself > running with shares, etc. They've customized it with their own software > and configurations to make it familiar to a Windows user. I.e. It has a > "My Computer", "Network Neighbourhood" and a:"Control Panel", etc. It > comes with WINE. They've selected applications to make a good desktop. > I.e. "Here's a good set of applications for Desktop, Network and > Development, trust us." They've included things like StarOffice, AbiWord, > GIMP, XMMS, etc. > > They're a group from India. It looks like they will be giving it away for > free and selling consultation services or some such model. > >
geeee that one surely looks good mebbe i will be able to persuade my mother to switchover to linux after all the thing is not available now..they make it public on 15th Dec nevertheless, i have registered as a beta tester, so if anything happens, i'll let u know cheers Sayamindu : ####[ Linux One Stanza Tip (LOST) ]########################### Sub : Shortcut keys for dir navigation (#2) LOST #151 Typing `cd -' takes you to the _last_ directory you were in. For example: [ karra@Gowron:/home/karra/my-bins ] $ cd /etc [ karra@Gowron:/etc ] $ cd - [ karra@Gowron:/home/karra/my-bins ] $ ####<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>####################################### : -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/help/faq_list.html
