Anyone try Lindows yet?

[Jay Nugent]

Greetings,
   Has anyone had any experience with Lindows, yet?  I'm considering 
buying one of the pre-loaded machines from Wal-Mart and wanted to know 
what people liked/disliked about the Lindows distribution.

   Do you feel that dumping a Lindows box on my 76 year-old Dad as a
replacement to his cruddy iMac (rev-A that crashes all the time, and whos
modem won't stay synced above 33.6) would be a Good Idea (tm)?  He ONLY
uses it for Solitare, looking at digital photos, email, and web browsing
(in that order).

  He snowbirds from Grand Rapids to Tucson so remote access to his machine
from afar is important.  Also the ability to have two *identical* machines
and only carry his hard drive back and forth saves bunches of bucks,
compared to shipping the iMac twice per year.

   I have already looked at the reviews at:

http://www.bayarea.com/mld/bayarea/business/columnists/tech_test_drive/3599174.h
tm
http://newsforge.com/newsforge/02/07/02/1247234.shtml?tid=23


  - Will *ANY* Debian software work on Lindows, or is it sufficiantly 
    modified to require *special* packages in order to install correctly?

  - Can "Click-n-Run" be pointed at *any* Debian mirror site and avoid 
    the $99 fee?
       
  - Has anyone actually tried any M$ software under Lindows?  What was 
    tried?  Were there any gotchas?

      --- Jay
             
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