I have to admit that it looks really good. I also like the fact that 20 programmers are working on it instead of 20,000.
http://www.lindows.com
P.S. Sorry if there is already a thread for this but I couldn't find it.
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I have to admit that it looks really good. I also like the fact that 20 programmers are working on it instead of 20,000.
http://www.lindows.com
P.S. Sorry if there is already a thread for this but I couldn't find it.
It looks good, so let's hope. I think it's been mentioned a few times allready, but there hasn't been a thread about it I thought. It would be an advance to have a both-compatible OS. If it works good, that is. I'd at least give it a shot.
I think it has grest potential for the computer world it offers somthing that Linux and Windows don't. The only bad thing is it doesn't have support like the famous Red Hat Linux. It needs help getting off the ground and it needs financial help. I think lastweek or a couple of weeks ago Microsoft was already sewing them for there name sounding to much like Windows. I know it sounds stupid but it is a big deal in bussiness over right's issuses and all that. But this is also an attack by microsoft to destroy an upcoming competitor. I also think that in order to make Lindows better they are going to need more then 20 programmers. Today people need somthing better then every thing else, it needs to have all the bells and whistles. 20 programmers is good but it's not enough. I think Red Hat Linux got alot better once normal programmers started making applications, and programs for it.
It helped the development of the operating system.
Well I go to go I just got my snowboard!
It doesn't need app support. It'll (suppossedly) run all the windows apps. Including but not limited to Office, which is a big plus. (for people who use that software.) All they need to do is write the hooks from the Linux kernel to the apps. ( I know I'm oversimplifying, but...) It's good to let the left hand know what the right is doing..right? With 20 programmers that easy. You put them all in one room and let them work it out. With 20,000 that's a little harder even with M$ software.
Hmmmmm I need to get into linux.
Should be good, Im gonna sit back and see what everyone thinks before I pass judgement!
;)
I think Lindows will rock..
I have some xperience on wine..
Mixing 98SE and Linux..
That worked great...
So I think and hope that Lindow's will rock..
Together with some friend's we're buying our local internet-cafe a copy...
Just to check out if it works in that kind-a situation...
Didn't I already start a thread on lindows??
It won't even get off the ground if Micro$oft have their way. They aren't too happy with the name to start with. They assume that people will get confused by the similarity of Windows and Lindows. I always suspected that M$ held the view that the general public are all idiots....
Anyway, you can find out more about the current court case here
originally posted by Ennis
Should be good, Im gonna sit back and see what everyone thinks before I pass judgement!
You know what they say about "fence sitters"....Well, neither do, I but apparently it's not good!
just thought i'd add
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Of course, at this point, it's mostly hype. At least it's a nice claim: LindowsOS users will simply run the CD or download the program off the Windows installer, with no mods or additional software required.
http://www.techtv.com/screensavers/s...337994,00.html
Sore arses I hear...!Quote:
You know what they say about "fence sitters"....Well, neither do, I but apparently it's not good!
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Originally posted by Ennis
Sore arses I hear...!
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rofl
20 talented programmers with a focus only on this project will write better code than 20,000 that dont know what they are dealing with. Once the source is released improvements to lindows can be made, but first they need a product.
For $99 you can try what they have been working on. I'm seriously considering ponying up th e99 bucks jst to see. I've got plenty of spare comps around to blow up if it doesn't work.
Oh for Christ's sake, what a bunch of whiners!
Doesn't M$ have enough money already?...apparently they do, since they bring every half-assed complaint about trademarks and copyrights to court. I mean, really...does anyone else see the stupidity and whining in this frivilous lawsuit?
Big Billy may as well go ahead and copyright the Alphabet and the Whole Number Scale (which of course, includes 1 and 0), since his products use them. And while he's at it he may as well copyright my dick, so he can sue me when I piss on the next installment of Windows that I'll never buy.
I'M SWITCHING TO LINUX!...
Ouroboros
The question was: Do you think Lindows will fly?
Well, I am not sure about this one. It has the potential to. And it has already captured a lot of people's attention. That is one point, that alot of companies have failed to do. It doesn't matter if their software is mediocre. Just look at windows. One thing that made Win95 a big sell, was the usability. Now, I think, a long with other's, that one reason why Lindow's chose that name, was because, MS would sue indefinently over the name. No big deal. Just change the name during the court battle. But the damage ( to MS will have already been done) because, through-out the court battle, just as Napster did, People will hear about it. And will want to check it out.
The one downfall, I do see of Lindows, is that the hype has gotten out of control, I doubt it will live up to it's expectations, atleast within the first year or so. But who knows. Perhaps they have done something not done before by the Open Source community. We shall see. I think 2002 will be a year of the Operating System's. :)
ey.. as long as they dont use "winux" im ok...
coz im da first one in this who god damn plannet that ever came up with the term winux.. and i'll sue them if they use that name..
My opinion of an OS that runs both linux apps and windows apps is as follows:
1: I could care LESS about the 'app support' for windows. I can use everything on linux for email (elm, mutt, sendmail, etc), editing (vi, emacs, etc), browsing (mozilla, opera, netscape), programming (YEAH BABY YEAH) (perl, shell, c, c++, java, etc etc), web hosting (apache, duh)...all of which is more stable, lower on 'cost' in reference to space and resource efficiency than anything on windows. Also, I can use LIcq, GAim, etc for IMs.
2: SHOW ME THE GAMES...THAT'S what I'm waiting for. Right now, if Lindows supported games on a "windows" platform with the stability of the linux kernel, then I'm there...otherwise it's wait for vmware to get going for games. As it is, vmware supports "thousands of windows applications" which is already stated in #1.
VMWare or Lindows...I think both have and will find tasks ahead of them for compatibility. One is trying to meld the two, the other is using one as a host with the other as a guest operating system with emulation across the board for everything hardware related.
Games, where are the games!?
Vorlin:
Alot of average users DO care about their applications. Alot of them, don't know that there are apps that are very close to the same, that run on Linux. Nor would they want to re-learn how to use them. But once you get the average user saying "Hey this OS will run <insert fav. app here> and it is simple to use. <going by what journalists have said> So I think it will be worth my while to try it out. " Once that happens, and it becomes "mainstream" the games will follow.
Just my opinion though :)
One key to pulling users out of windows would be to run their current apps on a more stable,cheaper platform. I agree with the attitude towards vaporware and yet I can't feel some type of hope for a product like this.
The more people that move off M$ products (namely the OS) the better the wolrd will be.
Choice is key.
right now most users don't have choice.
Oh, there's nothing wrong with that opinion, but here's my points about a vast majority of the user community out there (at least those that own computers).Quote:
Originally posted by gstudios
Vorlin:
Alot of average users DO care about their applications. Alot of them, don't know that there are apps that are very close to the same, that run on Linux. Nor would they want to re-learn how to use them. But once you get the average user saying "Hey this OS will run <insert fav. app here> and it is simple to use. <going by what journalists have said> So I think it will be worth my while to try it out. " Once that happens, and it becomes "mainstream" the games will follow.
Just my opinion though :)
1: "It's got a pretty ... what's that word ... icon, yeah that's it...I click it and my program runs."
2: "What? Linux is free? Applications and operating systems for free? Well, there's no such thing as a free lunch so it must be trash!"
3: "Microsoft is the best. AOL is the best. Linux or whatever it's called can't possibly be better."
4: "What's wrong with Microsoft being a monopoly?"
I've heard all these things more than I care to count. It's not that I wouldn't care about applications if I were trying to support users that actually have a clue, but a majority of them don't, won't, and never WILL learn anything other than what's built for win32 platforms.
That's the downfall. I've offered to show at least 3 alternatives apiece for browsing, text editing, and email for people just to prove that yes, linux does have viable alternatives but they won't even try to learn something new...for them, screw that noise, go back to being a MS whipped "end user" that "surfs the net a bit" with Winblows XP while I help people that have a clue or want to learn.
Knowledge is something you can never have enough of and those people piss me off, especially when they insult what I do (and they don't even know that fully either) and STILL expect me to help them fix their busted compaq/hp/dell/gateway when it breaks. Gah, don't get me started...
I personally am a little unsure about Lindows. It all depends on how well it's done. Just the idea of making Linux do something it's not meant to do...... I dunno. Also consider the fact that Microsoft is probably going to throw everything they have into fighting this OS, since it could threaten their monoploy, as this is what everybody has been wanting; a Linux OS that you can run Windows programs on. If the programmers can overcome those problems, this could be the best Linux OS yet. I'm going to wait and see what happens before I run out and buy/download it. It has great potential, as long as it's done right.