LindowsOS

Carl Parrish plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
Thu, 14 Nov 2002 17:28:18 -0500


It comes with WINE I (still) haven't tried any games but MS Office worked (note its not *quite* up to CrossOver office standards). Its nice for a desktop system. But for doing development or as a server I gave up (though I'm sure you could configure it that way). The biggest problem I have with it is your default login is root. So anything you run runs as root. This has *got* to be the least secure version of Linux. However my gf does like. ::shug::. 

Carl P. 
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From: "Aaron Cordova" <basicasm@hotmail.com>
Date: 2002/11/14 Thu PM 04:28:21 EST
To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
Subject: Re: LindowsOS


I have wanted to give LindowsOS a try for a while but I just havent got 
around to it yet. Does Lindows come with WINE? Have you tried any games?





>From: "Mark R. Myers" <nx54@cox.net>
>Reply-To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
>To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
>Subject: LindowsOS
>Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 13:13:10 -0500
>
>I must say that I have never been as impressed with an operating systems as 
>I am with LindowsOS. I decided to splurge and buy the OS for $99 and with 
>it, 2 years of Insider status. I am so glad that I did. It has all of the 
>things that I was looking for in Linux, plus.
>The programs are easier to install/uninstall than Windows. The OS itself is 
>rock-solid, based upon Debian 3.
>I originally bought it with the thought of putting it on my spare computer. 
>I not only did that, but with the family license, I was able to install it 
>on all of my computers--that includes StarOffice 6. I now have it on my 
>spare computer, my laptop, and dual booting on my main computer (my wife is 
>not one to easily change, so I have XP with OfficeXP on the smaller 
>partition for her).
>I had thought about buying my in-laws, who are computer illiterate, a PC 
>for Christmas so that they could do e-mail (though I might just buy them 
>one of those Internet appliances that only do e-mail). Before, I would 
>never have considered Linux as the OS of choice for this computer. But 
>Lindows is SO user-friendly that I think that it would make an awesome 
>choice for them.
>True, it does not come with all of the server software, but for a desktop 
>OS, I think it is the best one to date.
>Of course, that's just my opinion--then again, I could be wrong.
>
>
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