TRN
11-27-2002, 03:10 AM
OSNews published a blurb regarding the five misconceptions of LindowsOS. Since we have Lindows OS installed on a machine but we've not really talked about it and I haven't spent much time, it seemed time to actually look at this beast.
What is all this noise?
First, the link to the OSNews article, http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=2240
Second, the sources.list
deb ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian woody main contrib non-free
deb ftp://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US woody/non-US main contrib non-free
Third, installing synaptic is very easy. Launched a shell, su, password, and typed
apt-get update
apt-get install synaptic
The OSNews article messed up on that one but the author had the general idea. First, you don't need to upgrade and also you must include the word install :-)
Fourth, there is a usermanager utility right off the menu. L=> Settings => UserManager We've all seen that manager thousands of times. And when the system boots it comes up to a GUI requesting the userid and password. Sorry but that part of the OS is ugly.
Fifth, I didn't try the apt-get upgrade nor did I change the sources.list file but it should be possible to move to sid. Maybe I'll try it after Birdie has played with this install more.
Sixth, I've read people post that the cost of $99 is too high. Well, CNR has the full version of TuxRacer. But I'd really love to be able to pull it down from the net. Maybe LindowsOS would be accepted more if Lindows.com decided to have a 24 hour period where people could download the OS. I suspect it would make a good holiday gift ;-)
Seventh, I'll keep playing with this distribution. I'm sorry that people are too wrapped up into hating or loving a distribution or company. LindowsOS seems fine.
Eight, I have yet to try to install fluxbox or some other wm. Maybe I should give that a try !
{shrug}
What is all this noise?
First, the link to the OSNews article, http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=2240
Second, the sources.list
deb ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian woody main contrib non-free
deb ftp://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US woody/non-US main contrib non-free
Third, installing synaptic is very easy. Launched a shell, su, password, and typed
apt-get update
apt-get install synaptic
The OSNews article messed up on that one but the author had the general idea. First, you don't need to upgrade and also you must include the word install :-)
Fourth, there is a usermanager utility right off the menu. L=> Settings => UserManager We've all seen that manager thousands of times. And when the system boots it comes up to a GUI requesting the userid and password. Sorry but that part of the OS is ugly.
Fifth, I didn't try the apt-get upgrade nor did I change the sources.list file but it should be possible to move to sid. Maybe I'll try it after Birdie has played with this install more.
Sixth, I've read people post that the cost of $99 is too high. Well, CNR has the full version of TuxRacer. But I'd really love to be able to pull it down from the net. Maybe LindowsOS would be accepted more if Lindows.com decided to have a 24 hour period where people could download the OS. I suspect it would make a good holiday gift ;-)
Seventh, I'll keep playing with this distribution. I'm sorry that people are too wrapped up into hating or loving a distribution or company. LindowsOS seems fine.
Eight, I have yet to try to install fluxbox or some other wm. Maybe I should give that a try !
{shrug}