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Review: Lindows 2.0 Dissected
Bob the Knob writes "Extremetech has done an in-depth review of Lindows. The guy who wrote it didn't think too much of Lindows before looking at it but he seemed to like it after doing a hands-on."
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> I'm going to initially recommend that they look at using Linux 8.0...
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What is wrong with this picture?
Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
>>it hides the usual kernel text junk that appears during boot I thought that was the only reason to use Linux!?
> initially recommend that they look at using Linux 8.0
Holy smokes, it only seemed like yesterday when Linux 2.4 came out. I guess the vacation this summer put me out of the loop more than I thought.
I thought it was a good review.
Points out negative aspects, but really shows what Lindows is doing right.
Despite all the anti Lindows crap going around, take notice of things they do well. Also remember the target audience too, this reviewer did.
7 Minute install with loads of hardware autodetection? I think that's good, but it isn't exclusive. I tried the gentoo unreal live CD, booted up an I was playing in minutes there too (although my sound didn't work)
You didn't get the memo?
After the whole 2.6/3.0 debate, Linus Torvalds, after a dream where he was visited by one of his bearded viking ancestors, told all the other kernel developers that renaming the kernel to match Red Hat's numbering system would "ensure the complete and utter domination of Linux in this century and the next."
Then he went off on a twenty minute diatribe about beasts, horns, seals, and trumpets. Which everyone thought was pretty funny. Seals playing the trumpet? That's the sort of imagery you usually get after a heavy investment in illegal substances.
Well done, Linus. Well done.
You want the truthiness? You can't handle the truthiness!
1. Advertise really good replacement for Windows :-)
2. Keep all technical information about it away from people who are interested for a few months.
3. Don't profit
HITCHHIKER : I'm a salesman. I'm gonna start my own company.
TED : Really?
HITCHHIKER : You want in?
TED : Huh... nah... I'm not, I don't really have any... you know... money... or...
HITCHHIKER : You heard of this thing, the 8-Minute Install?
TED : Yeah, sure, 8-Minute Install. Yeah, the Lindows software.
HITCHHIKER : Yeah well, this is gonna blow that right out of the water. Listen to this: 7...Minute... Install.
TED : Right. Yes. OK, all right. I see where you're going.
HITCHHIKER : Think about it. You walk into a software store, you see 8-Minute Install sittin' there, there's 7-Minute Install right beside it. Which one are you gonna pick, man?
TED : I would go for the 7.
HITCHHIKER : Bingo, man, bingo. 7-Minute Install. And we guarantee just as good an OS as the 8-minute folk.
TED : You guarantee it? That's -- how do you do that?
HITCHHIKER : If you're not happy with the first 7 minutes, we're gonna send you the extra minute free. You see? That's it. That's our motto. That's where we're comin' from. That's from "A" to "B".
TED : That's right. That's -- that's good. That's good. Unless, of course, somebody comes up with 6-Minute Install. Then you're in trouble, huh?
[Hitchhiker convulses]
HITCHHIKER : No! No, no, not 6! I said 7. Nobody's comin' up with 6. Who installs an OS in 6 minutes? You won't even get your heart goin, not even a mouse on a wheel.
TED : That -- good point.
HITCHHIKER : 7's the key number here. Think about it. 7-Elevens. 7 doors. 7, man, that's the number. 7 chipmunks twirlin' on a branch, eatin' lots of sunflowers on my uncle's ranch. You know that old children's tale from the sea. It's like you're dreamin' about Gorgonzola cheese when it's clearly Brie time, baby. Step into my office.
TED : Why?
HITCHHIKER : 'Cause you're fuckin' fired!
TED : Yeah... You know what? I gotta pee. I'm just gonna pull over.
HITCHHIKER : Your car seats are making me itchy, man. What are they made out of, cactus? (Ted leaves the car) Only waiting 7 minutes. Total.