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I was wondering if any one here uses Lindows. I am thinking about installing it but want to know a little more about it as well as what users think. I have been to lindows.com and checked out all the screenshots and faqs but there really isnt too much there.
So basicly if you use it what do you think? What all aspects of linux does it have? Is most of linux software compatable with it? and anything else you think i might like to know.
I was wondering if any one here uses Lindows. I am thinking about installing it but want to know a little more about it as well as what users think. I have been to lindows.com and checked out all the screenshots and faqs but there really isnt too much there.
So basicly if you use it what do you think? What all aspects of linux does it have? Is most of linux software compatable with it? and anything else you think i might like to know.
I'm not very familiar with lindows, but one 'feature' it has that I don't like is that the user is, from what I've heard, always logged in as root. This is a step back in the linux world. It doesn't have near as much support for windows applications as they originally claimed, and lindows isn't an OS I will take the time to learn. Too many good linux distributions are out, and if you really want a windows look and feel, several X window managers provide that environment in redhat, slackware, and debian. Lycoris Desktop may be your flavor of linux.
I'm not very familiar with lindows, but one 'feature' it has that I don't like is that the user is, from what I've heard, always logged in as root. This is a step back in the linux world. It doesn't have near as much support for windows applications as they originally claimed, and lindows isn't an OS I will take the time to learn. Too many good linux distributions are out, and if you really want a windows look and feel, several X window managers provide that environment in redhat, slackware, and debian. Lycoris Desktop may be your flavor of linux.
I will never advise you to install Lindows. As Xid said, if you want to have a Windows like GUI, try http://www.lycoris.com . And if you want a powerful distro, try RedHat, Debian and others great names of the Linux world.
Lindows is only known for his name and for its problems with Microsoft, in fact it's a very bad Linux distro.
I will never advise you to install Lindows. As Xid said, if you want to have a Windows like GUI, try http://www.lycoris.com . And if you want a powerful distro, try RedHat, Debian and others great names of the Linux world.
Lindows is only known for his name and for its problems with Microsoft, in fact it's a very bad Linux distro.
I would much rather spend a few minutes to find my way around kde or gnome then use a crappy Linux distro that looks like windows.
I would much rather spend a few minutes to find my way around kde or gnome then use a crappy Linux distro that looks like windows.
Lycoris looks pretty sweet and way better. This is free correct. You only have to pay if you order the disk? I checked out the download section and I assume I would want the ISO category and then cd1_en_binary.iso for the OS and cd3_en_devtools.iso for other add ons?
Lycoris looks pretty sweet and way better. This is free correct. You only have to pay if you order the disk? I checked out the download section and I assume I would want the ISO category and then cd1_en_binary.iso for the OS and cd3_en_devtools.iso for other add ons?
I agree with you Cwk9 that it's not a good choice to stay with a GUI only because you know it. It's also a good thing to discover new things and to forget bad habits.
Oh, and your new avatar looks very well Cwk.
I agree with you Cwk9 that it's not a good choice to stay with a GUI only because you know it. It's also a good thing to discover new things and to forget bad habits.
Oh, and your new avatar looks very well Cwk.
Yeah, download the first CD's ISO and burn it to cd using your favorite burner. The first CD is bootable, and if you don't know how to boot from a CD then all you do is go into the BIOS and change the first boot device to CDROM. The second CD, which you probably won't want, has the entire source (code) for the linux distribution. The third CD contains development tools such as many other compilers and the like, which you might not want, but if you are interested in doing any linux programming then you might love the tools. If this helped any, let me know!
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Oh, and yeah you only pay if you want to buy the disk, a manual, a fancy box, (and tech support?), so it's not worth it to most of us to pay the extra $$$. Some people like to have hard copies with fancy labels and official CDs, though.
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Yeah, download the first CD's ISO and burn it to cd using your favorite burner. The first CD is bootable, and if you don't know how to boot from a CD then all you do is go into the BIOS and change the first boot device to CDROM. The second CD, which you probably won't want, has the entire source (code) for the linux distribution. The third CD contains development tools such as many other compilers and the like, which you might not want, but if you are interested in doing any linux programming then you might love the tools. If this helped any, let me know!
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Oh, and yeah you only pay if you want to buy the disk, a manual, a fancy box, (and tech support?), so it's not worth it to most of us to pay the extra $$$. Some people like to have hard copies with fancy labels and official CDs, though.
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What other edited Linux OS's do you people prefer? I've heard of Litrux, but their website is down. I want to hear some other's and then I can check them out. I always love looking at the features, screenshots, etc.
What other edited Linux OS's do you people prefer? I've heard of Litrux, but their website is down. I want to hear some other's and then I can check them out. I always love looking at the features, screenshots, etc.
Spyder32, do you mean what distro's do we prefer? All linux distributions can be considered 'edited'; there is no official linux distribution. An official kernel is sometimes the only common denominator between distributions.
Two distro's I like, in order of preference, are Slackware and Debian, though the full Debian distribution is up to 7-8 CDs now, I think...
My favorite OS's for webservers are OpenBSD or FreeBSD--tried and true.
For gaming, you can't beat a Windows-based system with a stick, unless you want to go console. Even the best lin2win or wine emulation will not beat the fps's of a native windows kernel.
My overall favorite OS would have to be BeOS. I know its relatively unknown and not that many application developers shoot for the OS, but it's very clean and unintrusive. I just like it.
There's my 2 cents :D
Spyder32, do you mean what distro's do we prefer? All linux distributions can be considered 'edited'; there is no official linux distribution. An official kernel is sometimes the only common denominator between distributions.
Two distro's I like, in order of preference, are Slackware and Debian, though the full Debian distribution is up to 7-8 CDs now, I think...
My favorite OS's for webservers are OpenBSD or FreeBSD--tried and true.
For gaming, you can't beat a Windows-based system with a stick, unless you want to go console. Even the best lin2win or wine emulation will not beat the fps's of a native windows kernel.
My overall favorite OS would have to be BeOS. I know its relatively unknown and not that many application developers shoot for the OS, but it's very clean and unintrusive. I just like it.
There's my 2 cents :D
I see your point, but I mean non-commericial Linux distro's. These would include Lindows, Litrux, etc. I want to know of more, and there websites so I can check them out. Sorry for not giving enough information though.
I see your point, but I mean non-commericial Linux distro's. These would include Lindows, Litrux, etc. I want to know of more, and there websites so I can check them out. Sorry for not giving enough information though.
The way I understand Commercialism & Linux is this:
All distro's of linux using the kernel filed under the GNU Public License have to provide a free downloadable source to any OS using the kernel, etc. Therefore any company can sell a distro they make, but they have to provide it for free over the web, too. Lindows isn't 'non-commercial'. They charge people to install their operating system, and although ISO's are available on the Internet, they aren't legal since proper licensing isn't acquired. Head on over to LinuxISO.org to get free ISO's for what I believe you're interpreting as non-commercial OS's such as Debian, Slackware, Redhat, TurboLinux, Yellow Dog Linux, etc, etc. This site has links to the distros' homepages, too, many of which provide the screenshots you want to see.
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The way I understand Commercialism & Linux is this:
All distro's of linux using the kernel filed under the GNU Public License have to provide a free downloadable source to any OS using the kernel, etc. Therefore any company can sell a distro they make, but they have to provide it for free over the web, too. Lindows isn't 'non-commercial'. They charge people to install their operating system, and although ISO's are available on the Internet, they aren't legal since proper licensing isn't acquired. Head on over to LinuxISO.org to get free ISO's for what I believe you're interpreting as non-commercial OS's such as Debian, Slackware, Redhat, TurboLinux, Yellow Dog Linux, etc, etc. This site has links to the distros' homepages, too, many of which provide the screenshots you want to see.
Did this help at all?