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Ignalum Linux - A Bridge to Windows?

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the up-and-coming-flavors dept.

linux slacker writes "Ignalum Linux 'is an intuitive graphical environment that works right out of the box and offers unrivaled compatibility with Microsoft Windows' or so says their website. The company is owned by four university students in Ontario, and one of their goals is to allow companies to incorporate Linux into their Windows environment, so users could still run Word, Excel and other popular Microsoft fare."

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  1. Or... by Canberra+Bob · · Score: 5, Funny

    Companies could run this alongside their Unix workstations to help in their migration to Windows.

    Just a thought!

    1. Re:Or... by FireFury03 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Does it have unrivalled compatability with all the worms and trojans too? :)

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  2. Ignalum Linux 9 by RogueProtoKol · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...what happened to 1 through to 8? :)

  3. Does it also run Sasser? by Advocadus+Diaboli · · Score: 4, Funny

    If its really compatible it should be able to run also all those nice programs that are installed over the net automagically. :-)

  4. YOU MAY BE A LINUX NERD IF... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...you think "pseudo" is spelled "sudo".

  5. Heated exchange by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    You should read this exchange between Daniel Ho of Ignalum and Henrick Omma of the OpenCD. Funny stuff, and it gives some insight into how these Ignalum guys approach the OSS community.

  6. WINE Compatibility of Worms and Viruses by BigBlockMopar · · Score: 4, Funny

    Does it have unrivalled compatability with all the worms and trojans too? :)

    So, there I was, running Red Hat 7.3 on my desktop (yeah, I know, but it was quick and easy to install). I had a friend over who had never seen Linux before.

    I opened KMail. "Oh, and the best part is, it's not running Windows, so you can't get any Windows e-mail viruses!" I boldly double-clicked on an attachment with a .scr extension.

    WINE started up.

    I had just infected my Linux workstation with a Windows e-mail virus.

    Damn thing, actually associating all DOS/Windows binaries with WINE. Kind of undoes at least half of the security benefits of running Linux in the first place. [grumble]

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