[thelist] Lindows?
Olly Hodgson
gnarly at punkass.com
Thu Nov 1 09:40:29 CST 2001
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kathleen Heytink" <K_HEYTINK at winebow.com>
Subject: [thelist] Lindows?
> Since I would love to wean myself from dependence on M$ products, I was
> excited to hear that there might be an alternative operating system that
> would support my considerable investment in software. According to their
> web site, the OS will run both Windows and Linux based software. Have any
> of you heard anything about this? Opinions?
Well its technically possible - using Linux, a nice desktop like KDE, and
WINE. However WINE is far from complete AFAIK. Whats needed is a Linux that
strikes the right balance between geek friendliness and hiding it all that
away from the average user - much like Win2K does at the moment.
Olly
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