LindowsOS 4.0 reviewed

Dom · Jul 23, 2003, 11:15 PM

I READ PLENTY about Lindows... the articles, the hype, the Microsoft trademark lawsuit , the "lindows bashing" some of it by some debian/mandrake/insert-another-linux-distro-here crowd of fanatics. But I never tested the product. So here is my attempt to discover if Lindows fulfils its promise of "Linux made easy". Having used SCO's Linux in the past, I wouldn't hesitate to recommend SuSE 8.2 to the "power users" out there [Since I used SCO I recommend SuSE, get it? ], but would you recommend Linux to your computer-illiterate aunt, father, mother, secretary, or lover, the kind of people who stare blank at the question: "what operating system are you running?"

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Jul 23, 2003, 11:15 PM	#1
Dom DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 12,940 Rep Power: 0	LindowsOS 4.0 reviewed I READ PLENTY about Lindows... the articles, the hype, the Microsoft trademark lawsuit , the "lindows bashing" some of it by some debian/mandrake/insert-another-linux-distro-here crowd of fanatics. But I never tested the product. So here is my attempt to discover if Lindows fulfils its promise of "Linux made easy". Having used SCO's Linux in the past, I wouldn't hesitate to recommend SuSE 8.2 to the "power users" out there [Since I used SCO I recommend SuSE, get it? ], but would you recommend Linux to your computer-illiterate aunt, father, mother, secretary, or lover, the kind of people who stare blank at the question: "what operating system are you running?" Read the full review at TheInquirer.net