I've never heard of Elx before but this was on their website: Installation process will detects local MS Windows file systems and mounts them.
I just thought it was funny. Maybe it's kind of early yet. Jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed Richards" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, June 14, 2002 3:47 PM Subject: Re: [brlug-general] Wal-Mart Shipping PCs with Lindows Preinstalled > I guess I have mixed feelings about all of this. I am really glad to see > somebody step up to the plate that can afford to literally give Billy > Boy a run for his money, but I also think that Bryan makes some good > points as well. That being said, this might present an excellent > opportunity for us to expand our ranks and sphere of influence since > there will be potentially MANY more newbies needing help and wanting to > get away from the Redmond Rash! Does anyone have any contacts in the > management of Wal-Mart? As far as Linux on the desktop goes, I am > totally sold on ELX. I have it on one machine here at home, will be > installing it on another this weekend as well as a second OS on my > laptop at work. I am also very interested in trying Lindows once it is > "ready for prime time". Anyone else have any thoughts in this regard? > > Ed Richards > Oldie, but another Linux newbie! > > > > > On Fri, 2002-06-14 at 17:42, Byron Como wrote: > > I'm not convinced this will be a_good_thing. Reason being Lindows is > > probably not the best representative to carry the Linux flag. Yall should > > read the documentation on the website, especially the part about "Who should > > not subscribe..." The secoond is that if WalMart decides that the Linux > > marketing seas get too rough they could pull out at anytime, leaving the > > stranded users to sink or swim as they can on their own. That said, the > > Japanese proverb "A man can't stand in a swiftly running stream applies > > here." as does "The only thing constant is change." > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
