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New Lindows PCs // General Discussionzeo toxionJun 17, 2002, 5:33pm
<http://www.lindows.com/walmart>
Microtel computer ranging from $299 to $599 at Walmart. They come with the new Lindows OS. You can reaad about Lindows at <www.lindows.com> Its basicly a linux based OS with a windows envrionment that can run (suposedly) both Linux and Windows software. I'm not sure if this is technically true becuase they have a download page where you can download windows products but they might just my linux versions of them. Not sure though. Its $100 a year for access to a download of the OS or orderign a CD and full access to a download page for tons of software. Anyways...this cought my attention and i believe this is a very big step in the OS industry. Microsoft will most likely be forced to lower it's prices if Lindows becomes popular. And yes Microsoft already tried sueing them but they didn't win >;) -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- A message from Zeo Toxion -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- chickengurlJun 18, 2002, 3:43am
zeo toxionJun 18, 2002, 1:23pm
Whats the joke? I know it takes some getting used to to get away from
Microsoft ;) -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- A message from Zeo Toxion -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [View Quote] chickengurlJun 19, 2002, 3:20am
jermeJun 19, 2002, 10:00pm
Lindows just plain rules... and here's why...
Microsoft is admittly the standard operating system when it comes to desktops. Linux and Unix is the standard for servers. Microsoft has had not trouble breaking that barrier and moving windows onto *some* servers. Linux, however has had a extreamly difficult time breaking the barrier into desktops. Reason being...there are more desktop systems out there. When I use my computer, I need to be able to effectifly communicate with others quickly and easily and get my work done in the most efficient manner. When everyone else is using Windows desktops, it makes using linux a little hairy. Moving files between systems becomes tedious, as you have to worry about compability and having a linux counterpart for your windows programs and vice versa. Lindows breaks all the barries down by allowing you to run Windows programs from a Linux enviroment. Sure, this has always been possible with windows emulators for linux, but never to the extent that Lindows takes it. So, now I can run with my handy linux desktop yet still use all Windows programs to communicate with outsiders. It was only a matter of time before someone tried to combine the two OSes, it just took someone with enough resources to get the company off the ground. In summary, If I had a hundread dollars to spend on something, I'd spend it on Lindows. :o) -Jeremy -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jeremy Booker - Owner JTech Web Systems www.JTechWebSystems.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." -Mathew 5-34 [View Quote] chazradJun 20, 2002, 5:57am
i spend it and i must say, the os is really quite impressive even in the
prebeta stage. I am now running spx 2 and it rocks! "jerme" <JerMe101 at bellsouth.net> wrote in news:3d111b2b$1 at server1.Activeworlds.com: > Lindows just plain rules... and here's why... > > Microsoft is admittly the standard operating system when it comes to > desktops. Linux and Unix is the standard for servers. Microsoft has > had not trouble breaking that barrier and moving windows onto *some* > servers. Linux, however has had a extreamly difficult time breaking > the barrier into desktops. Reason being...there are more desktop > systems out there. > > When I use my computer, I need to be able to effectifly communicate > with others quickly and easily and get my work done in the most > efficient manner. When everyone else is using Windows desktops, it > makes using linux a little hairy. Moving files between systems becomes > tedious, as you have to worry about compability and having a linux > counterpart for your windows programs and vice versa. > > Lindows breaks all the barries down by allowing you to run Windows > programs from a Linux enviroment. Sure, this has always been possible > with windows emulators for linux, but never to the extent that Lindows > takes it. So, now I can run with my handy linux desktop yet still use > all Windows programs to communicate with outsiders. > > It was only a matter of time before someone tried to combine the two > OSes, it just took someone with enough resources to get the company > off the ground. > > In summary, If I had a hundread dollars to spend on something, I'd > spend it on Lindows. :o) > > -Jeremy > -- > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Jeremy Booker - Owner > JTech Web Systems > www.JTechWebSystems.com > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > "Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about > itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." -Mathew 5-34 [View Quote] |