Anne Wilson wrote:
On Wednesday 25 Dec 2002 2:21 am, Carroll Grigsby wrote:
On Monday 23 December 2002 08:10 am, Anne Wilson wrote:
On Friday 23 Dec 2022 1:09 pm, robin wrote:
Richard Babcock wrote:
Greetings,
I was just surfing the Wal-Mart site and found them hawking an OS
called Lindows
On Wednesday 25 Dec 2002 2:21 am, Carroll Grigsby wrote:
> On Monday 23 December 2002 08:10 am, Anne Wilson wrote:
> > On Friday 23 Dec 2022 1:09 pm, robin wrote:
> > > Richard Babcock wrote:
> > > > Greetings,
> > > > I was just surfing the Wal-Mart site and found them hawking an OS
> > > > called
On Tuesday 24 December 2002 18:03, Robin Turner wrote:
> What??! You have to pay a subscription fee to use Free Software?
> This is an insult to the people who wrote the stuff.
It's not a subscription fee to use it. The subscription is for what they
call a "download warehouse" that is set up t
On Monday 23 December 2002 08:10 am, Anne Wilson wrote:
> On Friday 23 Dec 2022 1:09 pm, robin wrote:
> > Richard Babcock wrote:
> > > Greetings,
> > > I was just surfing the Wal-Mart site and found them hawking an OS
> > > called Lindows. Anyone know anything about this? It seems they are
> > > wo
There is nothing wrong with being compensated for ones work.
Like you I have downloaded the 9.0 version and I am about to give it another
try. If I can get it going I have nothing against purchasing a boxed
version.
Could someone give a quick comparison on the differences between the
download, st
Walt
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Robin Turner
Sent: Tuesday, December 24, 2002 6:04 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] Lindows
What??! You have to pay a subscription fee to use Free Software? This
is an insult to the peopl
jmarcom wrote:
Wal-Mart was required to sell the system as "LindowsOS" to get
around M$ complaints. It provides a basic Linux distro (don't
recall what it is named)
which will run a few popular Window$ apps. It wouldn't be a bad
way to introduce
the general public to Linux, except there is some
Wal-Mart was required to sell the system as "LindowsOS" to get
around M$ complaints. It provides a basic Linux distro (don't
recall what it is named)
which will run a few popular Window$ apps. It wouldn't be a bad
way to introduce
the general public to Linux, except there is some sort of annual
s
y, 24 December 2002 2:02 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] Lindows
my expectations of wal-mart are so low, that nothing they do can disappoint
me...;)
-- christopher
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From: "Richard Babcock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Newbie@Li
my expectations of wal-mart are so low, that nothing they do can disappoint
me...;)
-- christopher
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From: "Richard Babcock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Newbie@Linux-Mandrake. Com" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 5:35 AM
Subject: [newbie] Lindows
> Gr
On Mon, 2002-12-23 at 22:35, Richard Babcock wrote:
> Greetings,
> I was just surfing the Wal-Mart site and found them hawking an OS called
> Lindows. Anyone know anything about this? It seems they are working hard to
> convince neophytes that Windows is good but not that good. I just don't like
>
On Monday 23 December 2002 06:35 am, Richard wrote:
> I was just surfing the Wal-Mart site and found them hawking an OS
> called Lindows. Anyone know anything about this?
Check out Bill Machrone's column in the January 2003 PC Magazine,
"Living with Lindows," p. 65.
Richard Babcock said:
> Greetings,
> I was just surfing the Wal-Mart site and found them hawking an OS called
> Lindows. Anyone know anything about this? It seems they are working hard
> to convince neophytes that Windows is good but not that good. I just
> don't like the approach and am disappoint
On Monday 23 Dec 2002 3:27 pm, Aaron Mehl wrote:
> You are forgetting the w2k crowd that understand user permissions.
So they do - and also they understand struggles to get hardware workingn :)
Anne
> Lindow seems a bit annoying to me at least Xandros is based on corel which
> with all its proble
You are forgetting the w2k crowd that understand user permissions.
Lindow seems a bit annoying to me at least Xandros is based on corel which
with all its problem didn't try to be windows.
Aaron
--On Monday, December 23, 2002 01:10:52 PM + Anne Wilson
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Friday 2
well I did some research and the bottom line is do you want a distro that
lets you run windows apps??
Are you looking for a debian distro?
Then these distros are trying more or less succesfully to fulfil a niche.
A dummies linux for windows people.
Lindow
Xandros
and all of them cost money.
I trie
On Friday 23 Dec 2022 1:09 pm, robin wrote:
> Richard Babcock wrote:
> > Greetings,
> > I was just surfing the Wal-Mart site and found them hawking an OS called
> > Lindows. Anyone know anything about this? It seems they are working hard
> > to convince neophytes that Windows is good but not that g
On Monday 23 Dec 2002 11:35 am, Richard Babcock wrote:
> Greetings,
> I was just surfing the Wal-Mart site and found them hawking an OS called
> Lindows. Anyone know anything about this? It seems they are working hard to
> convince neophytes that Windows is good but not that good. I just don't
> li
Richard Babcock wrote:
Greetings,
I was just surfing the Wal-Mart site and found them hawking an OS called
Lindows. Anyone know anything about this? It seems they are working hard to
convince neophytes that Windows is good but not that good. I just don't like
the approach and am disappointed in Wa
D]]On Behalf Of Todd Slater
Sent: Tuesday, 11 June 2002 11:38 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] Lindows (Windows + Linux)OT now
On Mon, 10 Jun 2002 15:24:24 -0400
et <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Monday 10 June 2002 09:00 am, you wrote:
> > On Wed, Dec 04, 2002
On Mon, 10 Jun 2002 15:24:24 -0400
et <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Monday 10 June 2002 09:00 am, you wrote:
> > On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 03:54:56PM -0800, FARSHAD wrote:
> > > hello
> > > i have heard newly has been made a new operating system with name
> > > "Lindows" but i don't see this OS i
Derek Jennings wrote:
> Surprisingly enough you can find it at www.lindows.com
>
>
> Lindows has upset a lot of people in the linux world by
> 1/ Charging people for being a beta tester
> 2/ Not publishing the source code
> 3/ Making all users run as 'root' so defeating a large part of Linux s
On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 03:54:56PM -0800, FARSHAD wrote:
> hello
> i have heard newly has been made a new operating system with name
> "Lindows" but i don't see this OS in markets , if everybody have more
> information about this OS please tell me ..
> thanks..
> bye
There is a site called Google
> FARSHAD wrote:
> i have heard newly has been made a new operating system with name
> "Lindows" but i don't see this OS in markets , if everybody have more
> information about this OS please tell me ..
Google is your friend. http://www.lindows.com
Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mand
yes,
its not out yet..
but
its a very dumbed down version of linux that looks/works more like windows
then ever before..
its a
good idea, but in doing so, I think they have reduced the security inherent in
linux as a result.
but
its also designed to run alot of windows apps as well.
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