Posted by
timothy
on from the version-number-fever dept.
meisenst writes "Lindows 2.0.0 is out, and features, among other things, the ability to browse Windows network shares and map them as you would on a Windows machine. The ISO release notes are here(1), the announcement is here(2) (for now, anyway), and some screenshots are here(3). Looks good!"
Re:Michael Robertson Is Cooperative
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Anonymous Coward
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HAW HAW HAW!!
We all now know what Mr. Perens is doing now that he has no income. Browsing Slashdot.
Bruce, you don't want to follow in the footsteps of dot com (non)millionaires. Do NOT grow a gnu beard. Do NOT stop daily hygene.
You may be able to survive in corporate america, but avoid the gnu-hippy ways!
Re:When did they release 1.0?
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Oculus+Habent
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2.0 may seem like a big mark, but it isn't until it reached 3.1 that it will really be considered a productive business tool.
-- That what was all this school was for... to teach us how to solve our own problems. -- janeowit
predicted comments
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asteinberg
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· Score: 5, Funny
Okay, time to predict the responses. In this discussion, there will be:
13 posts about how it dumb it is that this looks so much like Windows.
5 of which will also predict the death of Linux on the desktop.
21 responses to those posts about how looking like Windows is a good thing.
18 posts suggesting alternate desktop-oriented distros, including Mandrake, Red Hat, Lycoris, and Xandros.
7 responses to those posts claiming that Debian is far better.
5 responses to the Debian posts about source based distributions like Gentoo and Source Mage being far more up-to-date and superior.
14 posts will praise Lindows for being easy-to-use and with plans (that will not actually happen) to install it for their parents.
8 of those will commend the new networking setup and resolution switcher and wonder why other distros haven't done these things yet.
5 people will explain that other distros HAVE done that.
3 posts will make fun of the name Lindows. 6 will ask about if the Windows emulation actually works (nobody will have a supported answer). 5 posts will question if this release is truly worthy of being called "version 2.0.0". 4 posts will point out that you can buy computers with Lindows preinstalled from Wal-mart. 6 posts will offer mirrors of the screenshots/article.
Of the 17 posts modded up to 4 or 5, at least 13 will begin with the phrase "I'll probably get modded down for this, but..."
And finally, there will be THIS post, which tries to redeem itself for being dumb with a self-deprecating final statement.
-- The first ever Ultimate Frisbee video game: here (now
Re:predicted comments
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PrimeNumber
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You also forgot the 15 joke de jour Slashdot jokes with the subject line: "In other news..."
These are so common, I am getting nostalgic for the days of the 15 redundant BSOD jokes every topic. 8{
Man, you are seriously bleeding edge, aren't you! I like to stick to the boring old 2.4.x stable tree, but each to his own, I guess. Is 4.x the kernel series that includes support for USB 3 and Firewire 6? I hear it also has Duke Nukem Forever available as a loadable module (try "modprobe duke" and let me know what comes up).
--
Today's Sesame Street was brought to you by the number e.
There is entirely too much talk of mounting things. It is impure to talk of such things. I hereby censor this thread in the name of the emperor of China - what's his name again?
No, it would be too difficult for you. You had better stick to Windows.
-- Moon Macrosystems. Sun's biggest competitor.
Still Waiting for Lindows 3.1.1
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Anonymous Coward
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· Score: 1, Funny
We all know that's when Lindows will really take off.
Re:Misleading?
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pete-classic
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I've always wanted to see something like "Absolutely, positively 100% compatible. Only better."
*cough* OS/2 *cough*
And before that DR-DOS.
-Peter
Lindows surpassing Debian?
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timeOday
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Wow, version 2.0 after just a few months. Debian only just made it to 3.0 after, what, 5 years? So I predict Debian will soon be rendered obsolete by Lindows:)
Re:lindows site looks like apples site
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L1nUx+h4x0r
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I think they should change the name to LOSX.
Think about it. OS X mounts Windows shares, Lindows mounts windows shares. Lindows wants to make people use it by giving it away for free and charging you for updates. OS X is $99 with free updates.
It's almost as if they were run by the same company...
-- The GPL makes software more like your mom. Free and open to all.
Slashdot Mirror
HAW HAW HAW!!
We all now know what Mr. Perens is doing now that he has no income. Browsing Slashdot.
Bruce, you don't want to follow in the footsteps of dot com (non)millionaires. Do NOT grow a gnu beard. Do NOT stop daily hygene.
You may be able to survive in corporate america, but avoid the gnu-hippy ways!
2.0 may seem like a big mark, but it isn't until it reached 3.1 that it will really be considered a productive business tool.
That what was all this school was for... to teach us how to solve our own problems. -- janeowit
Okay, time to predict the responses.
In this discussion, there will be:
13 posts about how it dumb it is that this looks so much like Windows.
5 of which will also predict the death of Linux on the desktop.
21 responses to those posts about how looking like Windows is a good thing.
18 posts suggesting alternate desktop-oriented distros, including Mandrake, Red Hat, Lycoris, and Xandros.
7 responses to those posts claiming that Debian is far better.
5 responses to the Debian posts about source based distributions like Gentoo and Source Mage being far more up-to-date and superior.
14 posts will praise Lindows for being easy-to-use and with plans (that will not actually happen) to install it for their parents.
8 of those will commend the new networking setup and resolution switcher and wonder why other distros haven't done these things yet.
5 people will explain that other distros HAVE done that.
3 posts will make fun of the name Lindows.
6 will ask about if the Windows emulation actually works (nobody will have a supported answer).
5 posts will question if this release is truly worthy of being called "version 2.0.0".
4 posts will point out that you can buy computers with Lindows preinstalled from Wal-mart.
6 posts will offer mirrors of the screenshots/article.
Of the 17 posts modded up to 4 or 5, at least 13 will begin with the phrase "I'll probably get modded down for this, but..."
And finally, there will be THIS post, which tries to redeem itself for being dumb with a self-deprecating final statement.
The first ever Ultimate Frisbee video game: here (now
Today's Sesame Street was brought to you by the number e.
There is entirely too much talk of mounting things. It is impure to talk of such things. I hereby censor this thread in the name of the emperor of China - what's his name again?
No, it would be too difficult for you. You had better stick to Windows.
Moon Macrosystems. Sun's biggest competitor.
We all know that's when Lindows will really take off.
*cough* OS/2 *cough*
And before that DR-DOS.
-Peter
Wow, version 2.0 after just a few months. Debian only just made it to 3.0 after, what, 5 years? So I predict Debian will soon be rendered obsolete by Lindows :)
I think they should change the name to LOSX.
Think about it. OS X mounts Windows shares, Lindows mounts windows shares. Lindows wants to make people use it by giving it away for free and charging you for updates. OS X is $99 with free updates.
It's almost as if they were run by the same company...
The GPL makes software more like your mom. Free and open to all.