[pchelpers] Re: Lindows

Pedro,

Thanks for the update!

John F
> 
> i am using lindows. it is not so good as they say... for now.
> 
> it's based on debian and has wine pre-instaled. you can install it over
> windows or in a clean disk.
> 
> it is compatible with some windows software, but for now it doesn't work
> very well in my opinion. if you have windows 98 and office 2000 pinstaled
> and install lindows you can see word and excel working on it but you can't
> install them directly on lindows for now bexcause i think it can't treat
> registry updates very well(or at all).
> 
> i couldn't get it to work with my isp's cable conection so i can't tell how
> it works on the web. as for networks, it is not so good as red hat or other
> linuxs. it is not a final version, so i think they are working hard to make
> this a good OS.
> 
> pedro costa
> portugal
> 
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> Subject: [pchelpers] Lindows
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> > Walmart is shipping new  different OS--- with their new computers-- Looks
> > like its quite stabile UNIX based Operating System (OS) named Lindows
> anyhow
> > using it? I heard Microsoft was taking them to court because it sounds too
> > much like windows-- <G>Look at  the URL below
> >
> > http://tinyurl.com/dtw
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