Koto Posted January 5, 2002 Share Posted January 5, 2002 Bleh, I bet Lindows could emulate Windows programs better than Windows could run them. ~_~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetombraider Posted January 5, 2002 Share Posted January 5, 2002 LindowsOS is not a fake Operating System. It is very real. Something I am def looking forward to, but not for $99. Hell I paid $99 for Windows XP, and I really don't think $99 is worth it for LindowsOS, a no-name OS as of today. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3nd3r Posted January 5, 2002 Share Posted January 5, 2002 It will be free for me :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qarth Posted January 5, 2002 Share Posted January 5, 2002 Yeah good luck grabbing an ISO off the net if that's what you're implying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koto Posted January 5, 2002 Share Posted January 5, 2002 Bleh, $99 for an upgrade of Windows XP. And it's better just to stay with whatever you have than upgrade. ~_~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3nd3r Posted January 5, 2002 Share Posted January 5, 2002 Man, you know that whenever a new OS comes out some kiddy makes a cd image and puts it on P2P..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X Posted January 5, 2002 Share Posted January 5, 2002 Tell me this is a joke. :right: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWCT Posted January 5, 2002 Share Posted January 5, 2002 Originally posted by y_notm sounds like the anti-linux to me: crash city), more features and 10 years of history built on (NT Kernel has come a long way). [/b] Yeah MS still dont got it right ..LOL i just gave up on xp 3 days ago Loving Linux..been using MS software since dos5.0 and tried each and every windows there after. NWCT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qarth Posted January 5, 2002 Share Posted January 5, 2002 i have to disagree and say that I love XP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RenGx Posted January 5, 2002 Share Posted January 5, 2002 all I ever did with linux was f00k up my partions :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thuggers Posted January 5, 2002 Share Posted January 5, 2002 i might give linux a try, i just can't be arsed learning a new os Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samo123_uk Posted January 5, 2002 Share Posted January 5, 2002 Originally posted by Qarth i have to disagree and say that I love XP. I have to agree on you with that one. I went back to win98 this hols and it was strange. felt something was missing :s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven P. Administrators Posted January 5, 2002 Administrators Share Posted January 5, 2002 well looks like SPAM prevailed again. This shots are NOT exclusive as we reported this yesterday and INCLUDED these shots on the Neowin MAIN PAGE Funny how many people did not pick up on this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qarth Posted January 5, 2002 Share Posted January 5, 2002 That's funny then the site is lying? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Elі Subscriber² Posted January 5, 2002 Subscriber² Share Posted January 5, 2002 Originally posted by NWCT Yeah MS still dont got it right ..LOL i just gave up on xp 3 days ago Loving Linux..been using MS software since dos5.0 and tried each and every windows there after. NWCT LOL, Yeah yeah, you'll see yourself running back to mama in a very short time. Linux is NOT that easy don't let yourself be misslead by the KDE or GNOME GUI most important things on Linux must be done on the command line, something not easy for the Windows users we are just used to point and click kind of things, Linux is another story , there you really NEED to know what you are doing and know a million commands. You said you used dos5.0, well then maybe you are lucky learning the zillion commands. Good luck I stay with XP and trust me I have also tried Linux and used for about a year on my computer. Ely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElGato Posted January 5, 2002 Share Posted January 5, 2002 Originally posted by Neobond well looks like SPAM prevailed again. This shots are NOT exclusive as we reported this yesterday and INCLUDED these shots on the Neowin MAIN PAGE Funny how many people did not pick up on this. Just what I was about to say, 'til I read your post Neobond. :D I will add though it is very easy to miss some frontpage news if a lot has been posted, I quite often "discover" something from a few days ago when I scroll down, :p . Maybe you should consider making the Headline View the default, ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glowstick Posted January 5, 2002 Share Posted January 5, 2002 BIG-455 LOL!!!! Lindows will never be able to 99.9% run Windows applications. Coz they don't know the Win32-API by 100%. Anyway... also speed issues. It's like emulating, all Win32-API calls have to be translated into X11-API calls, so apps will be slower in Linux, definitely! Don't mention games then, coz there's no media layer a la DirectX on Linux! And NVidia cards don't feature that DRI thing for XFree86 4.1.0, so they'll even fail in speed against ATI cards which DO feature DRI. Anyway, by 2005 Lindows is screwed anyhow, because of Blackcomb. People are expecting it featuring a completely new API and an WOW layer like on WindowsNT/2K/XP, but instead of being Win3.1-On-Win32, it'll be like Win32-On-Blackcomb or whatever. So Lindows will prolly not be able to run native Blackcomb apps. And I think MS is going to protect the Blackcomb-API more than the Win32-API, so that other people aren't allowed to create emulators, except by paying a damn high license fee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qarth Posted January 5, 2002 Share Posted January 5, 2002 Umm I've been using Mandrake 8.1 for like 7 months and it wasn't that hard to pick up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qarth Posted January 5, 2002 Share Posted January 5, 2002 Originally posted by Tom Servo BIG-455 LOL!!!! Lindows will never be able to 99.9% run Windows applications. Coz they don't know the Win32-API by 100%. Anyway... also speed issues. It's like emulating, all Win32-API calls have to be translated into X11-API calls, so apps will be slower in Linux, definitely! Don't mention games then, coz there's no media layer a la DirectX on Linux! And NVidia cards don't feature that DRI thing for XFree86 4.1.0, so they'll even fail in speed against ATI cards which DO feature DRI. Anyway, by 2005 Lindows is screwed anyhow, because of Blackcomb. People are expecting it featuring a completely new API and an WOW layer like on WindowsNT/2K/XP, but instead of being Win3.1-On-Win32, it'll be like Win32-On-Blackcomb or whatever. So Lindows will prolly not be able to run native Blackcomb apps. And I think MS is going to protect the Blackcomb-API more than the Win32-API, so that other people aren't allowed to create emulators, except by paying a damn high license fee. WHy don't you go to the site and debare this with thr people making it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvorgold Posted January 5, 2002 Share Posted January 5, 2002 i dont know if i'm gonna switch over to Lindows, only if its free probably, and if its easier to install and use than mandrake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts