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Lindows
Posted 23 January 2002 - 09:30 AM
I haven't seen it posted here so I'll put it out there for you. Micheal Robertson, founder and former CEO of MP3.com has started a new company aimed at creating an OS with the ability to run both Windows and Linux software.
Lindows.com: http://www.lindows.c...ndows_about.php
Lindows.com: http://www.lindows.c...ndows_about.php
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Posted 23 January 2002 - 09:54 AM
So in other words they are trying to do what mac did last year? Wow, big supprise.
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Posted 23 January 2002 - 10:39 AM
hahaha, good times!
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Posted 23 January 2002 - 12:44 PM
Blunted, if you want to try and run Windows apps under linux try Wine.
http://www.winehq.com/
http://www.winehq.com/download.shtml
http://freshmeat.net/projects/wine/
http://www.winehq.com/
http://www.winehq.com/download.shtml
http://freshmeat.net/projects/wine/
This is not an Emulator, it's a seperate implementation of the Windows 3.x and Win32 APIs. It takes time but works great.
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Re: Lindows
Posted 23 January 2002 - 02:21 PM
yeah ive been watching alot on it on Tech TV for the past few months , if you didnt hear ,microsoft is sueing the crap outta them right now but their still expecting to go for their release date in March , this is the first time i saw a screen shot of it though , no wonder M$ is sueing them , it looks like windows 95 with a few changes to the icons and start bar .... looks gay if you ask me
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Posted 23 January 2002 - 02:55 PM
Well, actually, Microsoft is only offically sueing them because they claim lindows sounds too much like windows and it might confuse people, they claim it is a copyright infringment thingie, nothing to do with the way it works.
It does look *similar* to windows, but thats why lindows is about, there is many differences there enough to feel a significant difference, it looks like morst GUI operating systems.
Micheal Robertson should stop boasting about it though, before they even have a beta test released.
Although you can get the same things like SlashRaid said by running linux with WINE. It is really just a way to try and make linux more friendly, usable and more windows like for the newbies who are not experts with linux and suchlike.
It sounds good for getting more people to use linux.
Interesting stuff as usual.
It does look *similar* to windows, but thats why lindows is about, there is many differences there enough to feel a significant difference, it looks like morst GUI operating systems.
Micheal Robertson should stop boasting about it though, before they even have a beta test released.
Although you can get the same things like SlashRaid said by running linux with WINE. It is really just a way to try and make linux more friendly, usable and more windows like for the newbies who are not experts with linux and suchlike.
It sounds good for getting more people to use linux.
Interesting stuff as usual.
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Posted 23 January 2002 - 04:01 PM
Hehehe, I'm glad I don't have to worry about all that Crap. Between OS X and Connetix Virtual PC 5 (I think it is) I can run all the programs I want. Gotta love it.
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