markass Posted December 31, 2001 Share Posted December 31, 2001 Anyone heard anything about the start-up company Lindows.com and their new operating system LindowsOS which they say can run windows applications "natively" or out of the box without the use of WINE or such while at the same time functioning much like windows (look and feel and ease of use of course). Any information would be nice since I haven't noticed Lindows.com being updated in the last few days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyy4 Posted December 31, 2001 Share Posted December 31, 2001 From what I know, it's still under development Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam Posted January 1, 2002 Share Posted January 1, 2002 download WINE from here download, and install U HAVE LINDOWS! for more info on LindowsOS click here :ditsy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvorgold Posted January 2, 2002 Share Posted January 2, 2002 cant wait to actually be able to use WINE or Lindows cuz i cant seem to get it to open for some reason oh well, i'll try downloading stuff off the web for WINE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike11212 Posted January 2, 2002 Share Posted January 2, 2002 Isn't MS sueing lindows? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwizman Posted January 2, 2002 Share Posted January 2, 2002 Yes, MS is suing Lindows. There reason is the supposed copyright infringement on the MS name. I think that Lindows has some REAL possibility and that MS has been caught off guard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike11212 Posted January 2, 2002 Share Posted January 2, 2002 I guess MS doesn't Like the Idea of loseing there monopoly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvorgold Posted January 2, 2002 Share Posted January 2, 2002 they always want to get their way...even if it means law suits... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberscope Posted January 2, 2002 Share Posted January 2, 2002 can someone please post a direct link for me to download Lindows, thank you in advance... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jardragon901 Posted January 2, 2002 Share Posted January 2, 2002 lol you cant download Lindows yet, it has just begun development. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cub-x Posted January 2, 2002 Share Posted January 2, 2002 As earlier mentioned, it's not out yet... We'll have to wait for it... I thought I read on their site that they want to release it Q12002 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike11212 Posted January 2, 2002 Share Posted January 2, 2002 They prolly wont release untill the lawsui twith ms is ove Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markass Posted January 2, 2002 Author Share Posted January 2, 2002 Lindows.com is offering a sneak preview of the software for 99 dollars with a free upgrade to the final version and everything between that. Just thought you might want to know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombie9920 Posted January 10, 2002 Share Posted January 10, 2002 they always want to get their way...even if it means law suits... -------- Apple doesn't mind suing companies *cough* Microsoft because the company is more prosperous than them. Apple even goes as far as to rob a million dollars worth of computers from poor schools because MS was gonna give the stuff to them(apple is afraid of losing thier monopoly in school). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lindows.com is offering a sneak preview of the software for 99 dollars with a free upgrade to the final version and everything between that. Just thought you might want to know. ---------------- BWAHAHAHAHA! $99 for a preview of an OS that may not even make it? Hell you can get the Windows XP Home Edition Upgrade and run Windows apps for that price. I thought anything based on the Linux kernel was supposed to be distributed as a free download(you can buy a CD if you want to). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
configure Veteran Posted January 10, 2002 Veteran Share Posted January 10, 2002 I thought anything based on the Linux kernel was supposed to be distributed as a free download(you can buy a CD if you want to). Nope. It's not nesessary that everything that based on Linux must be free. Linux kernel itself is free (under GPL license). Anything more than that is up to that particular software company :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombie9920 Posted January 10, 2002 Share Posted January 10, 2002 Oh ok, thanx for the correction. ;P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MulletRobZ Posted January 11, 2002 Share Posted January 11, 2002 I subscribed to their mailing list because I just can't wait for the release of this OS! Once it's out, I'm buying it so I can finally have the option to use two OSes in one! :D No more hardware issues, I hope, and I won't have to put up with Micros*it any longer! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildcard Posted January 11, 2002 Share Posted January 11, 2002 BWAHAHAHAHA! $99 for a preview of an OS that may not even make it? Hell you can get the Windows XP Home Edition Upgrade and run Windows apps for that price. Whoa Let me get this straight I can have the upgrade to Windows XP Home Edition or a full functioning OS with Linux and Windows support. Hmm, which is better ? Come on Windows XP Home Edition sucks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MulletRobZ Posted January 11, 2002 Share Posted January 11, 2002 Yikes! I wonder how much Lindows will cost once it's released! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinh Posted January 11, 2002 Share Posted January 11, 2002 wah $99 :o for a preview damit.. I had in mind that the price $99 was for when it comes out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberscope Posted January 11, 2002 Share Posted January 11, 2002 just out of curiousity, what the hell is WINE? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glowstick Posted January 11, 2002 Share Posted January 11, 2002 WINE Is Not an Emulator... But you can name it also WINdows Emulator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MulletRobZ Posted January 12, 2002 Share Posted January 12, 2002 Cyberscope and Tom Servo, this is not the thread to be taking about Wine! This is meant to discuss about Lindows! So could you please not drive this thread off-topic again? Thank you for your co-operation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberscope Posted January 12, 2002 Share Posted January 12, 2002 i didn't mean to say anything wierd, i was just wanted to no what WINE is..you don't have to get all serious abou it :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MulletRobZ Posted January 15, 2002 Share Posted January 15, 2002 You could have just started a new thread about Wine, you know! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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