[KLUG Members] Lindows

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Xandros isn't a bad alternative to Lindows. Actually I prefer it over 
Lindows from what little I have played with lindows. I can't wait till they 
get it to support more MS programs without a great deal of headache. for new 
users.




>From: Andy <misplice@yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: members@kalamazoolinux.org
>To: members@kalamazoolinux.org
>Subject: Re: [KLUG Members] Lindows
>Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2003 09:33:50 -0700 (PDT)
>
>Another Distro you may want to look at that is
>comparable to Lindows as far as end user experience is
>Xandros.. you can e-mail their customer support and
>let them know you are testing it for a school district
>and they will send you the basic version for free (
>normally $45).
>
>I have seen a lot of interest in *nix systems in
>school districts in Michigan, Indiana and Illinois..
>the problem I am having is the student administrative
>system I support is currently only supported in
>Windows and OS9 (they say the next version will be OSX
>compatible but they carbonized it so not sure about
>Linux/BSD support)
>
>--- Tony Gettig <tony@gettig.net> wrote:
> > I was at a conference for K-12 technology folks this
> > past week and one
> > of the sessions was on Lindows.
> >
> > The presenter forgot his root password, which was
> > recovered by booting
> > from a Red Hat CD in rescue mode, editing
> > passwd/shadow, yada, yada.
> > Kinda funny.
> >
> > Anyways, the interaction in the room was great with
> > a lot of good
> > 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
> > really made it easy to install and manage software
> > with the
> > "Click-n-Run" feature.
> >
> > Speaking of install, I installed it on a spare hard
> > drive in literally 8
> > minutes. That is, from the time I booted from the CD
> > to the time I was
> > at the desktop and playing a music CD, it was 8
> > minutes. Cool!
> >
> > The presenter has not rolled it out into production
> > yet, but says he has
> > had good luck connecting to his Novell servers using
> > the Native File
> > Access feature of NetWare 6 (I'm guessing over NFS).
> > Others asked about
> > browsing their W2K network, and many folks in the
> > room were quick to
> > point out it was not a problem with Samba.
> >
> > My biggest beef with Lindows is the cost. It looks
> > like you can install
> > and run it without buying the "Click-n-Run" thing,
> > but it's nearly
> > usable without it. But then again, for businesses
> > (in my case, school
> > districts) that can't seem to understand the word
> > "free" and feel
> > compelled to somehow buy a software license, they
> > apparently have very
> > attractive pricing for K-12. One gentleman in the
> > room bought a site (or
> > district?) license for $500 for one year. That is,
> > he can install
> > Lindows on as many PC's as he wants for that price.
> > I am going to look
> > into the details of this as I understand the pricing
> > may have gotten
> > better over the summer. Again, I think this is
> > nutty, but if an
> > attractive price will satisfy bean counters who
> > think if it's free it
> > can't be good, then great!
> >
> > Yes, I would agree with many that say there are
> > security issues with
> > Lindows, such as being able to have no root
> > password, but I think it can
> > probably be secured for an enterprise by a
> > knowledgeable administrator type.
> >
> > Side note: a lot of school districts in Michigan are
> > Novell shops. I
> > mentioned that Novell was presenting 10/21 at KLUG
> > and gave the website
> > url. There seemed to be quite a bit of interest! One
> > gentleman asked if
> > the event could be videotaped (he's up near Mt.
> > Pleasant).
> >
> > Overall, I caught a LOT of positive Linux talk at
> > this conference. Very
> > encouraging indeed! And Lindows seems to have
> > somewhat of a future in at
> > least a few school districts in Michigan.
> >
> > Tony "nevermind jigdo, just get me the iso" Gettig
> >
> >
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