DocBill Posted March 23, 2003 Share Posted March 23, 2003 I am soooooooooooooooo fed up with proprietary software. I keep hearing about how great Lindows is. Has anyone here used it? If so, what did you think. Bill PS: I am not Satan..Bill Gates is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryoken Posted March 23, 2003 Share Posted March 23, 2003 Bill gates isn't satan, he is a business man! Lindows is stabe, much more so than Win simply because of the quality of programming, and the fact that it is programed in ... moduels, so if one fails the whole system continues functioning. (so ive heard) Linux/Unix systems are used in almost all servers, so that blares volumes about their stability. Lindows is campatible with most microsoft programs like Office and such... So simply try it! You have nothing to loose if you get another system for it... a nice hunk of metal to run Bridge Commander Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dudde Posted March 23, 2003 Share Posted March 23, 2003 right, linux and unix are both superb OS's and I'm guessing that Lindows will be too, since a few of my more nerdier friends seem to love it;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocBill Posted March 23, 2003 Author Share Posted March 23, 2003 Originally posted by Ryoken So simply try it! You have nothing to loose if you get another system for it... a nice hunk of metal to run Bridge Commander I LOVE Bridge commander...... I have every ship available, but was afraid it would not run the program. Thanks! Bill Nice avitar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocBill Posted March 23, 2003 Author Share Posted March 23, 2003 Originally posted by Dudde right, linux and unix are both superb OS's and I'm guessing that Lindows will be too, since a few of my more nerdier friends seem to love it;) Not that I condone this sort of thing, but..should a copy of a "Pirated" version suddenly show up at my office I might have to install it. Bill Not that I am asking, mind you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the GardenGnome Posted March 24, 2003 Share Posted March 24, 2003 Sure Lindows is great, wow. But all it is a Linux with a price tag. I highly recommend RedHat Linux or Debian/GNU Linux. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sayonara Posted March 24, 2003 Share Posted March 24, 2003 Originally posted by the GardenGnome Sure Lindows is great, wow. But all it is a Linux with a price tag. I highly recommend RedHat Linux or Debian/GNU Linux. True. Lindows is just a Linux build, you're paying for the box and the tech support. Might as well download the free build of Red Hat and get all the support you need free on the web. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the GardenGnome Posted March 24, 2003 Share Posted March 24, 2003 Originally posted by Sayonara³ True. Lindows is just a Linux build, you're paying for the box and the tech support. Might as well download the free build of Red Hat and get all the support you need free on the web. Exactly. Check if your hardware is supported by the Linux distro and and you won't have any problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fafalone Posted March 24, 2003 Share Posted March 24, 2003 Linux is pointless... less features, less software available.. and none of its advantages are so much better to negate the lack of features and software. If you actually have to pay M$'s outrageous prices then I guess you would care... but who in their right mind does that any more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glider Posted March 24, 2003 Share Posted March 24, 2003 I heard about Lindows, but know very little about it. I would LOVE an OS that is more stable than windows though! However, the only MS stuff I have is the platform itself (Win 98 2nd Ed). None of my 'working' software is MS (I use WordPerfect word processor, SPSS spreadsheet, Corel Graphics & presentations applications and so-on). Does anyone know if Lindows is compatible with these and other non MS applications, or could give me any other salient information about it? If it's compatible, I'd love to give it a go (REALLY fed up with windows!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaKiri Posted March 24, 2003 Share Posted March 24, 2003 Windows XP Pro dual booted with Red Hat is where it's at Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocBill Posted March 24, 2003 Author Share Posted March 24, 2003 Originally posted by MrL_JaKiri Windows XP Pro dual booted with Red Hat is where it's at Translation please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radical Edward Posted March 24, 2003 Share Posted March 24, 2003 Originally posted by DocBill Translation please? don't expect too much from him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the GardenGnome Posted April 30, 2003 Share Posted April 30, 2003 Originally posted by MrL_JaKiri Windows XP Pro dual booted with Red Hat is where it's at Indeed I'm running Windoze Expee with Redhat 9.0. Translation please? It means Windows XP Pro with RedHat Linux is the best. A dual-boot is when you have to operating system installed on one machine. Usually when the computer boots you have a bootloader and choose which operating system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dluther Posted April 30, 2003 Share Posted April 30, 2003 Originally posted by MrL_JaKiri Windows XP Pro dual booted with Red Hat is where it's at How did you set up a dual boot with Red Hat, only luck I've had with dual boot is with Microsoft systems... and after altering the boot.ini I get a directory error after every boot flash screen. I think Windows XP pro. beets all others after updates, I havn't had any problems yet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sayonara Posted April 30, 2003 Share Posted April 30, 2003 My housemate discovered on monday that his copy of XP was automatically connecting to the M$ megathingy and updating itself without his knowledge. He firewalled http://www.microsoft.com, which amused me greatly seeing as everything to do with updates and checking goes through windowsupdate.microsoft.com. Go go magic 2K/Linux dual boots! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the GardenGnome Posted April 30, 2003 Share Posted April 30, 2003 Originally posted by Sayonara³ My housemate discovered on monday that his copy of XP was automatically connecting to the M$ megathingy and updating itself without his knowledge. He firewalled http://www.microsoft.com, which amused me greatly seeing as everything to do with updates and checking goes through windowsupdate.microsoft.com. Go go magic 2K/Linux dual boots! Isn't that was Windows does by default? Because I just set it to download the updates maually. And I never do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sayonara Posted April 30, 2003 Share Posted April 30, 2003 Nothing below WinXP has ever gone further than alerting you to new updates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the GardenGnome Posted May 4, 2003 Share Posted May 4, 2003 Originally posted by the GardenGnome Isn't that what Windows XP does by default? Because I just set it to download the updates maually. And I never udate Windows(XP). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sayonara Posted May 4, 2003 Share Posted May 4, 2003 How should I know? I'm not using it precisely for reasons like this one. The bandwidth sequestering, terms in the EULA, and the nasties in SP1 were more than enough to put me off. Don't you people read the IT news? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fafalone Posted May 4, 2003 Share Posted May 4, 2003 Steal it, ignore the EULA, and never update it. That's my philosophy on Windows (and other M$ products) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sayonara Posted May 4, 2003 Share Posted May 4, 2003 Previously, EULAs were not of much concern. But if you read the XP EULA and/or the updated EULA with SP1 you might see why I was reluctant to install the O/S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fafalone Posted May 4, 2003 Share Posted May 4, 2003 But the good thing is there's legal precedent (at least in the US) that shows users can't be expected to actually read MS's 100page EULAs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sayonara Posted May 4, 2003 Share Posted May 4, 2003 If that precedent allows you to accept the EULA without reading it - and therefore without agreeing to be bound by it - then I wouldn't worry too much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fafalone Posted May 4, 2003 Share Posted May 4, 2003 No, the court decided that by clicking "Agree" you aren't bound by it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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