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AOL's new Linux PC
minus_273 writes " MSNBC (of all places ) has an intersting article about AOLs new PC. We have already heard of Lindows , WALMART PC and there was speculation of AOL Red Hat. Well, it looks like this is what AOL decided to do. All 3 are mixed into one. AOL now has a beta 7.0 client that is distributed with Lindows along with AIM and Netscape. I wonder if this stuff will work on normal Linux without WINE."
It's going to be like that Dilbert Cartoon
"All it has is one button, and we press it for you before it leaves the factory."
"But what's the button do?"
"Don't ask me all these techie questions"
Except in this case, the punch line is likely "Submit your credit card numbers to the central server so that we can deduct money from you at will".
So where do I sign?
The proper name for this system is GNU/AOL.
Please change it before the Hurd tramples you.
Eve Fairbanks says I drive a hybrid!LOL
Just wait until it becomes cheap enough for AOL to ship you free computers. Imagine all the junk you'll have then!
The KDE desktop looks and feels like Windows, with a few exceptions. You have to double-click an icon on the desktop to get it to open...
Last time I checked, I had to double-click on the icons, too, and I am running Win2k.
-nd
Wow, an "Anonymous Coward" has the courage to stand by his statement. Am I the only one who senses a bit of irony? =)
Oh, like Windows XP works as advertised? I have been using it for months now and I still haven't been able to fly, not to mention that I had very high hopes that the enlargement of my skull resulting from using Office XP would draw attention away from my fat ass, but my hopes have been shattered. If anything, my head has shrunk! I am outraged!
Money for nothing, pix for free
Besides, can you really think of any single click that can render the system unusable?
;)
Oh c'mon... happens all the time... drop your coke on the keyboard, hitting the following keys: "rm -rf / [enter]"
Whew, thank god I wasn't running as root!
dude it's 2002 ...