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OpenLindows.com: Wherefore Art Thou?
Joe Barr writes "I ran across a curious website recently: OpenLindows.com. The name alone intrigued me. It gave rise to speculation about a weird mix of free-as-in-beer and free-as-in-speech alternative to the $99/year Click-N-Run software subscription offered by LindowsOS, the most Windows-like/proprietary Linux distribution out there. This is a
report on what I found, and perhaps even more importantly, what I didn't."
i ran across a couple random sites as well... why didn't my submission get posted on those?
I was initially skeptical in testing lindows, but as i did it, i was surprised at what i saw.
First of all, its not really a "hack" of windows and linux, it has got its own pecularities and nuances. None of them infringe on SCO's IP rights, so you can be sure of not being hassled by them.
This apart, the greatest advantage with this system is its lack of gayness and the fact that it combines the user-friendlyness of windows and the technical gayness of linux.
I really recommend this system to anyone who is planning on getting some serious work done. It apparently doesn't appear so but I think this is the OS of the future.
Just so you don't have to read the whole article like I did...
There is a site called OpenLindows.org (or something like that) where Lindows users could download the same stuff Linux and BSD users can downlod. Only noone seems to know about it, or Lindows users don't care, or there aren't any Lindows users. Sorry to be so vague but I quit reading before any real conslusion was drawn because it didn't mention SCO or Kobe Bryant and I became bored.
'Same speed C but faster'
I'm reminded of a Fox Trot comic from a few weeks back.
Hey! I have a free, alternative, open-source way to simulate all of the stuff in that article: smash you head in with a hammer, and then pour lemon juice on it.
I was roaming Sourceforge, and came across a curious project: Open IP PBX. It gave rise to this suspicion that I might be able to tie my two phone lines into one system. Here is a report on what I found, and more importantly, what I didn't:
I went to the website, and it was completely empty. It was your standard "index of" apache generated directory listing, with no files. Using my extensive knowledge of sourceforge, I found their project page. It looks like their is not much there, in fact, they have not even released any files. There is some stuff in CVS though. I conclude that probably not many people know about this project, or they simply aren't interested.
-- Fighting mediocrity one bad post at a time.
Yeah, I mean what the flang was the gribbit talking about? Werds and their spellings/meanings can be changed anytime I tang well want to!
"Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge"
- Charles Darwin
sheesh (Score:1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 27, @05:34PM (#6808573) "Wherefore" means "why," not "where." When Shakespeare wrote, "Wherefore art thou Romeo?" he was saying, "Why are you 'Romeo?'" As in, "Why did you have to be born the son of my father's enemy?" Basic literacy, you know? Score:1, Offtopic, whereas: Wherefore != Where (Score:5, Informative) by RimmerExperience (456643) on Wednesday August 27, @05:38PM (#6808603) The article points to the lack of an Open Lindows community (e.g. 'where is it'?). 'Wherefore' in Olde English...e, however, means 'why' or 'for what reason'. Wherefore [realdictionary.com] [realdictionary.com] (Juliet laments "why are you Romeo", not "where are you Romeo?") Gets +5 Informative. Interesting...
It's funny how many Linux distributions are essentially Linux.
Actually it is used correctly in this case. We know where openlindows.com is (hint, the name is also a location. Or uniform resource locator as we say in the biz), the author is lamenting its ties to a proprietary software company. As in "the name openlindows.com has such potential, why were you born into the family of my enemy".
So one point for you for knowing the correct usage of wherefore, minus one point for not noticing that it was actually used correctly here.
You currently have zero points. Would you like to play again (y/n) ?
Finkployd
vi /etc/apt/sources.list
It saddens me to think that I too consider those to be two actual words.
(one point for me for correctly using to, too, and two in one sentance)
Finkployd
Therefore!
-- Alastair
That word you use... you use it a lot... I do not think it means what you think it means.
it is only after a long journey that you know the strength of the horse.
"wherefore" is a cromulent word.
> If you know enough to work around Lindows anyway... then what are you doing with Lindows in the first place?
Complaining about its geeklessness, what else?
The unofficial
Yes, the vast majority of English speakers are illiterate. Is this news to you?