[KLUG Members] Lindows

Andrew Thompson members@kalamazoolinux.org
12 Oct 2003 03:02:32 -0400


On Sat, 2003-10-11 at 15:54, Tony Gettig wrote:
> ...
> questions and answers. The presenter had tried Mandrake, Red Hat, and 
> other distros, but from an "end user" perspective, was most impressed 
> with Lindows. I just got version 4 last week and loaded it into VMware 
> prior to leaving for the conference. Granted, it's not exactly my distro 
> of choice, but given the lowest common denominator of end users, I have 
> to say it really doesn't look that bad. In fact, I will go out on a limb 
> and say it looks pretty usable. It's debian underneath, but they've 
> ...

This 'end-user' issue just brought to mind I rant I read recently. I had
previously scratched plans to post a link and respond to the guy because
I'd pretty much decided it wasn't worth it. Rereading it, though, I
think maybe it should get a mention: http://tailsteak.netherweb.com/

If you don't get the 'I Hate Linux' article, try
http://tailsteak.netherweb.com/archive.php?num=133
-- 
Andrew Thompson <tempes@ameritech.net>
The Imagerie