Lindows Anyone??

jtroutma · 02-19-2003, 05:08 PM

Has anyone ever heard or even better have any expereince with this OS?

Sounds rather interesting.....

Lindows review

Personally I would like to give it a shot for experimenting purposes.

hara · 02-19-2003, 05:09 PM

Then tell us your experience. I'm more worried in performance/drivers.

jaydee · 02-19-2003, 05:38 PM

Browse around here if you havn't already. http://www.amdforums.com/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=29

F18Viper · 02-19-2003, 05:51 PM

I've seen lindows popping up everywhere. Windows was trying to sue them because of the name lol. I guess i'll go give it a shot. I'm curious on how it looks and how it handles to the home user.

I'll post up my experiences when.... i've experienced them.

Harja, kif ahna g'bin?

iroc409 · 02-19-2003, 07:23 PM

looks interesting, but i think i'll stick with freebsd.

let us know!

for some reasons i'm having flashbacks to running os/2 warp... yikes!

Kevin · 02-19-2003, 09:20 PM

Hey dudes,
I recently delved into the Linux world to try things out. At first I bought Lycoris Desktop/LX. www.lycoris.com . Check it out. It is similar to windows/lindows and sells on cheap PCs. It retails for only $29.99 so I figured I'd check it out. It wasn't bad, but driver support was horrible and so was general support of my hardware. So I moved on... I looked into Lindows, but it was too expensive. I moved on to Mandrake Linux. This thing is free. Just download the ISO and burn. Well, I did that... and I like it a lot! It is supporting my ATGi 8500 graphics card (linux likes nVidia cards much better) without any problem. The sound works well too. The unfortunate part is my monitor. I can't get any distro of linux to correctly support my 1600x1024 SGI LCD. I'm thinking about trying Red Hat. Well... just thought I'd relay you all my experience.
-Kev

Antimatter · 02-25-2003, 11:18 PM

you do realize that anything using linux technology is free? you should be able to download lindows or whatever for free. thats the whole cool thing about linux - its copyrighted so taht no one can charge money for anything containing linux. i have redhat 8 runing on one of my computers. it works quite well, but then im not runing a gui or anything and i only use it for servers.

iroc409 · 02-25-2003, 11:47 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Kevin
retails

re-what? ree-ta, ree-taals?

wassat? i don't get it.

don't go to redhat, you'll regret it. if you have to stay in the linux game, go slack

Kevin · 02-26-2003, 01:08 AM

I read a cool article comparing all the distros at www.desktoplinux.com ... sounds like RH is the best.
-Kev

02-19-2003, 05:08 PM	#1
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02-19-2003, 05:09 PM	#2
hara Cooling Savant Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Malta, Mediterranean Posts: 662	Then tell us your experience. I'm more worried in performance/drivers. __________________ - Every great HD crash day is the day before back-up day. - My Past System - "Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven." - Milton, Paradise Lost. - FMZ

02-19-2003, 05:51 PM	#4
F18Viper Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: New York Posts: 30	Re: Lindows Anyone?? I've seen lindows popping up everywhere. Windows was trying to sue them because of the name lol. I guess i'll go give it a shot. I'm curious on how it looks and how it handles to the home user. I'll post up my experiences when.... i've experienced them. Harja, kif ahna g'bin? Last edited by F18Viper; 02-19-2003 at 05:57 PM.

02-19-2003, 07:23 PM	#5
iroc409 Cooling Savant Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: midwest side, yo Posts: 596	looks interesting, but i think i'll stick with freebsd. let us know! for some reasons i'm having flashbacks to running os/2 warp... yikes! __________________ :shrug:

02-19-2003, 09:20 PM	#6
Kevin Slacking more than your weird uncle Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: San Diego, CA (UCSD) / Los Angeles, CA (home) Posts: 1,605	Hey dudes, I recently delved into the Linux world to try things out. At first I bought Lycoris Desktop/LX. www.lycoris.com . Check it out. It is similar to windows/lindows and sells on cheap PCs. It retails for only $29.99 so I figured I'd check it out. It wasn't bad, but driver support was horrible and so was general support of my hardware. So I moved on... I looked into Lindows, but it was too expensive. I moved on to Mandrake Linux. This thing is free. Just download the ISO and burn. Well, I did that... and I like it a lot! It is supporting my ATGi 8500 graphics card (linux likes nVidia cards much better) without any problem. The sound works well too. The unfortunate part is my monitor. I can't get any distro of linux to correctly support my 1600x1024 SGI LCD. I'm thinking about trying Red Hat. Well... just thought I'd relay you all my experience. -Kev __________________ I used to throw hot coffee all over the ass of the horse there, then whip him while he was kickin' at me. Those f***in things are crazy.

02-19-2003, 05:38 PM	#3
jaydee Put up or Shut Up Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Spokane WA Posts: 6,506	Browse around here if you havn't already. http://www.amdforums.com/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=29

02-25-2003, 11:18 PM	#7
Antimatter Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: New England Posts: 43	you do realize that anything using linux technology is free? you should be able to download lindows or whatever for free. thats the whole cool thing about linux - its copyrighted so taht no one can charge money for anything containing linux. i have redhat 8 runing on one of my computers. it works quite well, but then im not runing a gui or anything and i only use it for servers. __________________ Asus A7N8X Delux Athlon 1700+ 512MB Crucial PC2700 XFX Geforce 4 TI4200

02-26-2003, 01:08 AM	#9
Kevin Slacking more than your weird uncle Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: San Diego, CA (UCSD) / Los Angeles, CA (home) Posts: 1,605	I read a cool article comparing all the distros at www.desktoplinux.com ... sounds like RH is the best. -Kev __________________ I used to throw hot coffee all over the ass of the horse there, then whip him while he was kickin' at me. Those f***in things are crazy.

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