[NBLUG/talk] LINDOWS?

[Mark Street]

"Lindows" is a play on Windows... it is basically a name.  Lindows is based on 
the Linux kernel (The kernel is Linux, Linux is the kernel), Lindows is based 
on the Debian 'Distribution' of Linux.  Basically Lindows tries to make Linux 
a bit easier for the average user.  You purchase a service that makes it 
really easy to install selected software from the Lindows servers.  The rub 
comes in..... the selected software is free to download from the web anyway.  
You basically pay for convenience.... and a bit of ignorance about how Open 
Source works.

At a recent North Bay Linux Users Group Installfest we encountered an 
individual who bought a Walmart computer with Lindows installed....  We 
upgraded and install as much software as he wanted from the net and set him 
up so he could upgrade his 'Lindows' Linux box from the Internet without 
using the "Lindows services"....  tweak away...


On Monday 05 May 2003 10:21, Edward Mendoza wrote:
> Does anyone have the "scoop" on Lindows?
>
> Is it worth getting? How far is it from Linux? Is it too early to tell? Can
> I still tweak the source code myself as in Linux?

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