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Lindows Reviewed

Posted by Cliff on from the the-shades-have-finally-been-opened dept.

Well, the wait is finally over. Lindows, the system that promises to bring Windows software to Linux, has finally been released in sneak-preview form. You can catch a first hand review of the system on NewsForge.

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  1. This sounds a lot like... by spankfish · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    "Business Casual".

    Combining unprofessional with unattractive, whilst diminishing neither.

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  2. Re:Maybe improve DVD playback? by DrunkenPenguin · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Slow down, boy! What would your daddy say if I'd call him up and tell him that his 11 years old son (yeah, that's you) uses this kinda dirty language?

  3. Re:Anyone make mplayer for RH7.1 or beyond? by SonCorn · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    It works fine for me with the latest release of RedHat's gcc. You just have to remember all their crazy ./configure options. Don't forget the GUI at that time if you want to use that. I had to compile it 3 times before I finally got all the ./configure options correct.

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  4. Re:Neat Point by BobSoros · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    just a point i'd like to make, ignore me if you want but how am I to know (unless i read slashdot or a particular website,) that mail attachments with a fake .TXT.VBS extension are more than likely some sort of virus?

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