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OpenLindows.com: Wherefore Art Thou?

Posted by timothy on from the apt-get-transparent dept.

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."

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  1. Even more astonishing... by jared_hanson · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

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  2. Re:OpenLindows.com? by The+Almighty+Dave · · Score: 5, Funny
    Another distribution that's essentially Linux.

    It's funny how many Linux distributions are essentially Linux.