Windows and running as administrator was just that, rhetoric.
I guess not!
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From: Ken Moffat [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 1:19 PM
Subject: Re: OT Linux now avaible in stores
Net Llama! wrote:
On Sun, 7 Sep 2003, Joel
Going back to the original topic a bit, I was in the new Fry's Electronics
in Renton, Washington last weekend, and found that they have the XESS
spreadsheet program in stock for Linux. For those who aren't familiar with
this (and it's cousin NeXS), it's my favorite spreadsheet for day-to-day
use,
On Sun, 7 Sep 2003, Joel Hammer wrote:
On Sun, Sep 07, 2003 at 07:42:22AM -0700, Net Llama! wrote:
Its fricking mozilla. Its not like Lindows wrote their own or anything.
Yes, of course it is mozilla, but, it is configured to work.
For example, no font problems, and plugins work as
Net Llama! wrote:
On Sun, 7 Sep 2003, Joel Hammer wrote:
On Sun, Sep 07, 2003 at 07:42:22AM -0700, Net Llama! wrote:
Its fricking mozilla. Its not like Lindows wrote their own or anything.
Yes, of course it is mozilla, but, it is configured to work.
For example, no font problems,
I got this in the last few days from the CEO of Lindows. Just thought
I would pass it along. (See below.)
I know that there are those who don't think highly of lindows, but, they
can rest assured that they are not the target audience of lindows. Lindows
is targeting windows users.
I have been
On Sun, 2003-09-07 at 09:38, Joel Hammer wrote:
Michael's Minute: Tipping Point - PC Club
Today, we announced that PC Club is now stocking LindowsOS computers on
store shelves in more than 50 stores. This marks the first time that
a retail chain has committed to desktop Linux by putting
On 09/07/03 06:38, Joel Hammer wrote:
I got this in the last few days from the CEO of Lindows. Just thought
I would pass it along. (See below.)
I know that there are those who don't think highly of lindows, but, they
can rest assured that they are not the target audience of lindows. Lindows
is
burns wrote:
On Sun, 2003-09-07 at 09:38, Joel Hammer wrote:
Michael's Minute: Tipping Point - PC Club
Today, we announced that PC Club is now stocking LindowsOS computers on
store shelves in more than 50 stores. This marks the first time that
a retail chain has committed to desktop Linux
Net Llama! wrote:
Its fricking mozilla. Its not like Lindows wrote their own or anything.
I was going to ask what hot new fricking browser they found.
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On 09/07/03 09:27, Ken Moffat wrote:
Net Llama! wrote:
Its fricking mozilla. Its not like Lindows wrote their own or anything.
I was going to ask what hot new fricking browser they found.
Lindows is standing on the shoulders of giants. 99% of it is marketing fluff.
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On Sun, Sep 07, 2003, Ken Moffat wrote:
I believe Walmart has linux computers, but it's on-line only.
That's true, and with SuSE 8.2 for just under $300.00US. They have a
couple of faster models for up to $500.00, all of which ship with 128MB of
RAM. I would suggest adding RAM to go
On Sun, Sep 07, 2003, Net Llama! wrote:
On 09/07/03 09:27, Ken Moffat wrote:
Net Llama! wrote:
Its fricking mozilla. Its not like Lindows wrote their own or anything.
I was going to ask what hot new fricking browser they found.
Lindows is standing on the shoulders of giants. 99% of it is
On Sun, 07 Sep 2003 09:36:06 -0700
Net Llama! [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 09/07/03 09:27, Ken Moffat wrote:
Net Llama! wrote:
Its fricking mozilla. Its not like Lindows wrote their own or
anything.
I was going to ask what hot new fricking browser they found.
Lindows is
On Sun, 7 Sep 2003 09:39:41 -0700
Bill Campbell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Sun, Sep 07, 2003, Ken Moffat wrote:
I believe Walmart has linux computers, but it's on-line only.
I have some minor nits to pick with the packaging on these boxen,
And which distro don't you/we have
On 09/07/03 10:13, Collins Richey wrote:
On Sun, 07 Sep 2003 09:36:06 -0700
Net Llama! [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 09/07/03 09:27, Ken Moffat wrote:
Net Llama! wrote:
Its fricking mozilla. Its not like Lindows wrote their own or
anything.
I was going to ask what hot new fricking browser
On Sun, Sep 07, 2003 at 07:42:22AM -0700, Net Llama! wrote:
Its fricking mozilla. Its not like Lindows wrote their own or anything.
Yes, of course it is mozilla, but, it is configured to work.
For example, no font problems, and plugins work as expected.
Joel
On Sun, Sep 07, 2003 at
On Sun, Sep 07, 2003 at 09:40:58AM -0700, Bill Campbell wrote:
I've been leery of Lindows since reading that they run everything
as root. If that's true, it's no more secure than the average
Windows box.
Yes, but, you can easily add a regular user, just like with any linux
distro. Using
On Sun, Sep 07, 2003, Joel Hammer wrote:
On Sun, Sep 07, 2003 at 09:40:58AM -0700, Bill Campbell wrote:
I've been leery of Lindows since reading that they run everything
as root. If that's true, it's no more secure than the average
Windows box.
Yes, but, you can easily add a regular user,
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