On Thu, Mar 31, 2005 at 04:21:02PM +0700, Tracy R Reed wrote:
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Rick Carlson wrote:
Check out Nvu at:
http://www.nvu.com/
I am always skeptical of anything that comes from Lindows but this looks like the real deal. Capable, open source, AND it produces w3c valid code! Whether it produced standard code was my first question when I started reading about it. I am going to download it and give it a try.
Tracy,
I am curious about your view of Lindows, which is now called Linspire.
I know that in the beginning the main complaint was that you did not have to set a root password, or that you ran it as root. Not to invoke the wrath of the anti-Microsoft faction here but that was also true of MS Windows until Windows NT. Lindows was originally designed to be as close to Windows in operability while delivering the stability of Linux.
The Lindows folks quickly modified their distribution so that you had a choice to set a root password, and even create user accounts.
Now they recommend that you create a password for root. Presumably they made these changes (a few years ago) because a lot of Linux old timers criticized them for their approach which violated the concept of security for a multi-user system.
I have a love/hate relationship with them that is going on 4 years now because every time they release a new version it breaks stuff that used to work. Sound familiar? But, I think as a desktop Linux solution they are pretty decent.
If it is not too much trouble, could you list what you see as your reasons for being "skeptical of anything that comes from Lindows..."?
I have the ability to directly address concerns with their development team and their CEO.
I will forward what you write and see if I can get some feedback for you, and for me.
Thanks
Rick [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
