Peer Pressures a B!

Is anyone as curious as I am about this Lindows operating system. I have to admit I'm put off by the idea of Walmarts tie with Lindows.com. Lindows claims the systems built by Microtel are custom to the Lindows operating system which is complete. However, is not compatible with all hardware. Sounds like a similiar problem linux has. Again a company like Walmart selling an operating system that has never been seen? how about the estimated installation time. Lindows is supposedly able to install on any machine in just under 5 minutes.

Heres my problem: Should I blow the $299.00 on the walmart.com computer, just to see what all the fuss is about? I mean if worse comes to worse I can always install another operating system on it, and give it to one of my brothers or something. Well like they say... peer Pressures is a b! Lay it on my guys. What should I do?

Any time anyone i know buys a computer they usually bring it to me to get rid of all the OEM junk. I usually will format and reinstall all the drivers by hand and install a clean system on their for them. I would try the lindows out for a bit, couldn't hurt. But if you have any problems, put something else on it. For 299, you can't really beat it for a computer system. (although I wonder about the quality of the hardware, we all remember NEC right? =\ )

True X, That is the only thing. I want something with quality, loading another os & finding drivers is easy.

you dont have to buy a wal-mart computer to try lindows... just go to lindows.com. It will cost you $99 to try it out however. I have not tried it but I would like to... when it's more complete and you don't have to log in as root.

Geric, why wast $99. on just the OS, when I can buy the system, and get some use out of it?

Don't do it. I have tried lindows. And so far the windows emulation is poor. It didn't run office for me. And when I tried using the linux part of it, well, it lacks linux functionality. Lindows is the incest child of windows and linux. Don't buy it!

well you can buy a system if you want/need to... thats up to you and your pocket... I was just letting you know that you can get Lindows without buying a Wal-mart computer. Just letting you know.

Yeah, but why get lindows? I have heard some bad reviews about it. Why not just get a new computer and then partition? Plus, if those clones are that cheap they can't possibly be good can they?

Well for the price it sounds good ($299).If I was you I would get the system and If you did'nt like it I would install another distro like mandrake or red hat.After I got the system going I would install WINE or something else like that to get the windows progz to run....But like I said before you can't bet the price.

Later

Just b/c the system is cheap does not mean it sucks. Wal-mart can deal in large quantities and they don't have to charge you $200 (or whatever it cost distributors) to pay for M$ crap. I've never tried one so I don't know... but it does not mean it's crap... besides It's Wal-mart so I'm sure you can take it back :) Why try it? just to see how it works... not today though :)

Honestly, what do you expect to get for $300? I would wait a while longer, save some more money, and get a brand-name computer like a Dell for $700+. If you're gonna spend $300, I hate to even consider how they got the price so low... As for Lindows, I don't recommend it. It's not worth the investment (at least not at the moment). I would say either stick with Windows more move to Linux. Don't get an OS which does a half-ass job of trying to be either, let alone both.

AJ

From my recent posts and my reading coverage of Lindows isn't it still in its second beta testing? I mean, the source hasn't even been released. Why would they install an OS still in beta on a computer you can buy?

I would personally wait until the product is complete and watch the popularity of it. I've heard a lot of crap about Lindows lately. I have made some posts about it, go ahead and search for the posts I've written. I'd rather have a finished product OS with good feedback (hell, I'm not paying for something that's crap) than have something that's only half-assed finished with bad reviews.

Greek.... according to Lindows.com the OS is complete on the Wal-Mart PC's. The lindows OS for testing does not have a complete library for drivers, and it may have problems loaded on a base PC.

and for all that is question the reason behind buying a system for $299. is because if I buy Lindows for $99. and it sux I'm out $99. If I buy a Wal Mart PC for $299, and lindows sux, and I don't want the PC. I can load Windows XP & Office XP & sell it for $400. I'm up $100...... I personally have a Dell Dimension 8100. Pentium 4 1.3 Ghz. 1024 MB RAM. GeForce3 Ti 500 64MB AGP card, w/ DVD & CD-RW. A great machine. I just posted that info for anyone that said I should save up for a good machine.... I already have a GREAT machine....